Matt Dillon portrays Schneider's "Last Tango in Paris" co-star Brando, with Giuseppe Maggio as Bertolucci. Yvan Attal, Marie Gillain, Stanislas Merhar, Céleste Brunnquell, Jonathan Couzinié, and ...

Jessica Palud’s portrait of the actress, who starred, with Marlon Brando, in “Last Tango in Paris,” centers the abuse that Schneider endured on that shoot, and its lifelong aftereffects.

It’s an ethos that “Being Maria” embodies in spite of itself, as Palud is much sharper in depicting Schneider’s trauma on the set of “Last Tango” than she is in detailing the psychic ...

Maria Schneider with Marlon Brando in “Last Tango in Paris.” She said she “felt a little raped” by Brando and the director, Bernardo Bertolucci.

Director Jessica Palud, a former intern for Bernardo Bertolucci, re-creates the shoot of 'Last Tango in Paris' with a focus on capturing Maria Schneider's abuse.

Starring Anamaria Vartolomei and Matt Dillon, this French drama chronicles the life of the actress Maria Schneider after her traumatic experience on the set of “Last Tango in Paris.” ...