Being Maria 2024

Biography Drama Foreign History

Studio	Les Films de Mina
Blu-ray distributor	Kino Lorber Studio Canal
Release date	Mar 21, 2025  Jun 19, 2024  Oct 03, 2024  Jan 10, 2025  Nov 22, 2024
Country	France
Language	French
Runtime	100 min
Technical details	1.85:1

Maria is no longer a child and not yet an adult when she sets fire to the film of a cult classic: Last Tango in Paris. She quickly rises to fame and becomes an iconic actress without being prepared for either glory or scandal...

Maria is no longer a child and not yet an adult when she sets fire to the film of a cult classic: Last Tango in Paris. She quickly rises to fame and becomes an iconic actress without being prepared for either glory or scandal... (less)

Director: Jessica Palud
Writers: Jessica Palud, Laurette Polmanss, Vanessa Schneider
Starring: Anamaria Vartolomei, Matt Dillon, Giuseppe Maggio, Marie Gillain, C�leste Brunnquell, Yvan Attal
Producer: Marielle Duigou

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, March 19, 2025

Maria Schneider was an actress for nearly three decades (she passed away in 2011), playing a number of different roles in productions of various quality. However, she�s best known for her part in 1972�s �Last Tango in Paris,� an erotic drama that attracted a lot of attention when it was initially released and, amazingly, still does to this day. �Being Maria� isn�t a bio-pic, but an attempt to understand the subject during a few tumultuous stretches in her life, as co-writer/director Jessica Palud endeavors to illuminate violations of trust and mounting frustrations that added turns to Schneide ...read more...