It is about the actress Maria Schneider (1952–2011) and dramatizes her experiences working on Bernardo Bertolucci's feature film Last Tango in Paris (1972).

19-year-old Maria Schneider, daughter of French actor Daniel Gélin, features in the 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci.

The story follows an older American man who meets a young French woman in an apartment in Paris where they begin an anonymous sexual relationship.

Maria becomes a star overnight through the role of Jeanne, but is unprepared for the fame and scandal that the film triggers.

[11] Being Maria received an average rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 26 reviews.