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Being Maria

Being Maria

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Being Maria

"The true story of Maria Schneider behind the making of Last Tango in Paris."

2024

1h 40m

6.4(70 votes)

History

Drama

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.

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Amazon Video

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Production Companies

Fin Août Productions

Tarantula

Orange Studio

StudioCanal

Moteur s'il vous plaît

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Anamaria Vartolomei

Anamaria Vartolomei

Maria Schneider

Céleste Brunnquell

Céleste Brunnquell

Noor

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

Marlon Brando

Marie Gillain

Marie Gillain

Marie-Christine

Yvan Attal

Yvan Attal

Daniel Gélin

Stanislas Merhar

Stanislas Merhar

L'agent

Jérémy Charvet

Jérémy Charvet

Pointeur

Giuseppe Maggio

Giuseppe Maggio

Bernardo Bertolucci

Alexis Corso

Alexis Corso

Nathan

Alexandre Ionescu

Louis ingé son

Creative team

Directed by: Jessica Palud
Written by: Jessica Palud
Laurette Polmanss
Produced by: Marielle Duigou

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