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Being Maria

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

6.4(74)20241h 40m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Language
Italian
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • sexploitation
  • docudrama
  • actress
  • filmmaker
  • lesbian love
  • based on real person

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Belgium, France

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Release dates

  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereFrench Film Festival4 Mar 2025
    • PremiereR 18+CinefestOZ Film Festival3 Sept 2025
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1627 Mar 2025
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1619 Dec 2025
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival21 May 2024
    • TheatricalTPVisa CNC 15503419 Jun 2024
    • Digital / OTTCanal+22 Oct 2025
    • TVCanal+ Cinéma(s)22 Oct 2025
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical17 Jul 2025
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereHong Kong French Film Festival21 Nov 2024
    • TheatricalIIB2 Oct 2025
  • IndonesiaID

    • PremiereJakarta World Cinema23 Sept 2024
    • PremiereFestival Sinema Prancis23 Nov 2024
  • IsraelIL

    • Digital / OTTYes VOD + Hot VOD + Cellcom TV5 Feb 2026
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical163 Oct 2024
  • South KoreaKR

    • Premiere19Seoul International Women's Film Festival24 Aug 2024
    • Theatrical1526 Nov 2025
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical3 Oct 2025
  • TaiwanTW

    • Theatrical15+10 Jan 2025

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Being Maria was released on 19 June 2024.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    Brent Marchant

    5/3/2025

    8/10

    In an age when rights and protections for women are increasingly being placed in jeopardy, their preservation is imperative, and nowhere is this more apparent perhaps than in writer-director Jessica Palud’s latest feature. In this flashback to a time when things were very different for women, the filmmaker places the spotlight on the sexist, demeaning demands that were placed on actress Maria Schneider (1952-2011) (A…

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