Kino Lorber will bring to Blu-ray Jessica Palud's Being Maria (2024), starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Matt Dillon, Giuseppe Maggio, Marie Gillain, and Céleste Brunnquell. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 27.
Description: Maria Schneider (Anamaria Vartolomei, Mickey 17) is a promising, young French actress. When she gets the lead in a feature film directed by an acclaimed Italian filmmaker and starring one of America's most beloved actors, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime.
Her collaborators, director Bernardo Bertolucci and star Marlon Brando (Matt Dillon, Drugstore Cowboy) seem to be bringing out the best in Maria, sharing a warm rapport and mentorship with the 19-year-old girl. Until one day, when the two men conspire to shoot a crucial sex scene as a harrowing assault without letting Maria in on the plan. The film goes on to be lauded as a fearless artistic breakthrough, but for Maria, it's the beginning of a living hell.
Based on the behind-the-scenes true story of the making of Last Tango in Paris, Jessica Palud's sensitive biopic centers Maria's story for the first time.
Special Features:
Q&A with stars Anamaria Vartolomei and Matt Dillon (courtesy of Film at Lincoln Center)