Anamaria Vartolomei said she wanted to honor Maria Schneider's spark with the role and not just dwell in darkness. "Maria was a very positive figure. She was fire, mischief, freedom, an electrifying presence. I have great admiration for her and her career, because she managed to draw on the strength she needed to make herself heard. She wanted to lift the veil and break the silence on taboo questions of violence and sexism within the industry. She wanted to protect future generations, and that unfortunately resonates with current events."
Matt Dillon plays Marlon Brando, and both Dillon and Brando had worked for director Francis Ford Coppola in two films that helped shape or reshape their careers: for Brando it was The Godfather (1972) (his comeback) and Apocalypse Now (1979) (a kind of comeback's comeback); for Dillon it was The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983). In The Outsiders, Dillon's death scene has Brando qualities.
It hadn't been announced as of January 2024 whether the film would reenact the infamous butter rape scene from Last Tango in Paris (1972) that Maria Schneider said humiliated her and brought her to tears.
Reported as in post-production in January 2024 with plans to premiere at festivals later in the year
Part of the Cannes Première strand at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
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