Being Maria (or simply Maria) is a biographical film that does not tell a simple or easy-to-digest story. Directed by Jessica Palud, this feature dives into the difficult journey of Maria Schneider, an actress largely ed for the crime she suffered on the set of Last Tango in Paris. At the time, director Bernardo Bertolucci and actor Marlon Brando conspired to film a rape scene without informing the actress. Worse still, the assault actually happened on set—it was filmed by Bertolucci and carried out by Brando. It’s in the movie, for everyone to see. This biopic seeks to understand Maria’s path from before that film, which defined her career, to years later, when the events of Last Tango in Paris continued to haunt her mind and work. A powerful film that, despite its conventional narrative structure, is deeply compelling—largely thanks to Anamaria Vartolomei’s outstanding performance (Mickey 17) as Schneider.
A sensitive documentary about actor Val Kilmer's career, who broke out in the 1980s and in 2020 began to recover from cancer, leaving him with lifelong consequences. 'Val' brings together footage that the artist has recorded over four decades, telling his entire journey to this day. Like most biographical productions, it is one of those stories that move us and are able to fill celebrities with layers, which end up showing themselves completely different from what the media paints and frames about them. 'Val' is a great movie to understand more about Val Kilmer's personality and also his struggles, after all, being famous is not the solution to any problem, quite the contrary, it is the promotion of new adversities.
