8.0
“The true story of Maria Schneider behind the making of Last Tango in Paris.”
Being Maria (2024)
June 19, 20241h 40mFR
6.5
65 votes
Overview
A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring alongside an American superstar. What begins as her big breakthrough quickly turns into a living hell.
Director
Jessica PaludWhere to Watch
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Released
Original Language
Italian
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Fin Août ProductionsTarantulaOrange StudioLes Films de MinaStudioCanalMoteur s'il vous plaît
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8.0In an age when rights and protections for women are increasingly being placed in jeopardy, their preservation is imperative, and nowhere is this more apparent perhaps than in writer-director Jessica Palud’s latest feature. In this flashback to a time when things were very different for women, the filmmaker places the spotlight on the sexist, demeaning demands that were placed on actress Maria Schneider (1952-2011) (Anamaria Vartolomei). Schneider’s big career break came at age 19, when she was cast opposite screen legend Marlon Brando (Matt Dillon) in “Last Tango in Paris” (1972), the highly c…
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