The films, all from first- and second-time directors, include “Left-Handed Girl” a family film set in Taipei, directed by ...

Jessica Palud’s Being Maria tells of the rocket-like rise and plummeting miserable descent of actress Maria Schneider ...

Daniel introduces Maria to his movie-world friends, she’s enticed, she gets an agent, and then, at the age of nineteen, she is cast—as a virtual unknown—by Bernardo Bertolucci (Giuseppe ...

Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor may be a long film, but this visual masterpiece is a groundbreaking glimpse into China ...

The sexually explicit drama Last Tango in Paris, made by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci and released in 1972, is the story of an affair between a middle-aged man, Paul, and a young woman ...

“No,” she said, pleadingly. “I’d rather not.” Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, that movie depicts the heated sexual relationship between a young Frenchwoman, Jeanne (Schneider), and an ...

as Palud is much sharper in depicting Schneider’s trauma on the set of “Last Tango” than she is in detailing the psychic fallout of shooting Bernardo Bertolucci’s erotic drama ...

The film is a biopic about her experiences making “Last Tango” and being abused by director Bernardo Bertolucci (Giuseppe Maggio) and Brando while making the film. There are two uncomfortable ...

In 1972, when the 19-year-old Schneider was shooting one of the film’s many sex scenes, Brando (with the director Bernardo Bertolucci’s blessing) improvised without telling her his intentions ...

While filming, director Bernardo Bertolucci and Marlon Brando (then aged 48) conspired to keep details of a rape scene from Brando’s 19-year-old co-star, Maria Schneider. “I didn’t tell her ...

Maria Schneider (Anamaria Vartolomei) struggles after being sexually assaulted on film by Marlon Brando (Matt Dillon).

In 1976, he appeared in two official selections—Bernardo Bertolucci's "1900" and Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", the latter winning the Palme d'Or that year. His Cannes journey continued with ...