Maria Schneider

Maria Schneider

March 27, 1952 · 74 years old

Maria-Hélène Schneider (27 March 1952 – 3 February 2011), known professionally as Maria Schneider, was a French actress. She is best known for co-starring opposite Marlon Brando in the controversial Last Tango in Paris (1972), which was noted for its graphic sexuality. Schneider later revealed she…

Known For

9 titles
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Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris

1972 · 2h 9m · Movie

A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.

6.8
2
The Passenger

The Passenger

1975 · 2h 6m · Movie

Unable to find the war he has been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

7.4
3
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1996 · 1h 52m · Movie

Jane Eyre, an orphan, is raised in a harsh charity school. She becomes a teacher and is hired as a governess at Thornfield Hall by housekeeper Mrs. Fairfax. The plot revolves around her experiences there.

6.8
4
Savage Nights

Savage Nights

1992 · 2h 6m · Movie

Jean is 30 years old. He lives with Laura, 17 years old, a violent and eventful love story. He learns that he is HIV positive.

6.8
5
Memoirs of a French Whore

Memoirs of a French Whore

1979 · 1h 40m · Movie

Marie is a young girl from a working class family, who falls in love with Gérard. Not long after beginning their relationship, Gérard shows his sadistic, twisted tendencies and begins to abuse her physically and psychologically.

6.4
6
Merry-Go-Round

Merry-Go-Round

1981 · 2h 40m · Movie

Elizabeth sends telegrams to her old boyfriend Ben in NYC and to her younger sister Leo in Rome to join her in Paris, where she is selling her dead father's estate. When Ben and Leo arrive, a mysterious adventure begins.

6.5
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The Old Maid

The Old Maid

1972 · 1h 25m · Movie

A shy thirty year old woman and an aging bachelor find a way to each other, after initial complications.

6.6
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Delphine and Carole

Delphine and Carole

2020 · 1h 9m · Movie

In the 70s and 80s, activist Carole Roussopoulos and actress Delphine Seyrig made use of new video technologies to fight for the women's movement. Archive material documents their interventions into the events of the time.

7.9
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Haine

Haine

1980 · 1h 27m · Movie

A drifter on a motorcycle happens to be passing through a town immediately after a young school girl has been run over and killed by an unknown person on a motorcycle.

5.1