Schneider, who famously starred in controversial "Last Tango in Paris" at age 19 alongside Marlon Brando, is portrayed by "Happening" breakout Anamaria Vartolomei in biopic "Being Maria." ...

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

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.

“Being Maria” recreates the scene — and it’s a tough watch. Anamaria Vartolomei, who plays Schneider, conveys shock, discomfort, fear and shame in distressing close-ups.

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 ...

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.

Schneider, who famously starred in controversial “ Last Tango in Paris ” at age 19 alongside Marlon Brando, is portrayed by “Happening” breakout Anamaria Vartolomei in biopic “ Being ...