00:00Last Tango in Paris, born from a fantasy by director Bernardo Bertolucci,
00:04who one evening dreams of meeting a young woman in Paris and making love without even knowing her name.
00:09So this is how the film begins and the relationship between these two characters,
00:13which will gradually transform into something less and less organic as the story progresses,
00:17and increasingly frustrating, exhausting, gloomy.
00:21Brando accepted this role at a time when he was not really in a position to negotiate.
00:24He just shot The Godfather but the film hasn't been released yet.
00:27He will invest himself emotionally in the film like he never has before,
00:31improvising his dialogues to the point of confessing episodes from his own life.
00:57He is in total osmos with his character, perhaps even a little too much for his taste,
01:04and when the film comes out, he disowns it.
01:06On the one hand because he did not like to expose himself at all, in every sense of the word,
01:10but also because the film, sexually explicit, is controversial.
01:14It is banned in several countries, and one story in particular will shake its reputation,
01:18the fate reserved for Maria Schneider during filming.
01:21In the film, there is a scene where Brando's character
01:25rapes Maria's with his fingers and butter.
01:28This scene was imagined by the actor and the director the very morning of filming,
01:32and Maria Schneider will not be informed of all aspects of the scene
01:36in order to maintain the authenticity of his reaction.
01:38This is the excuse Bertolucci gives in the media.
01:40The tears we see on screen are real.
01:55There is no penetration, but Marlon Brando slides his hand in well
01:58and touches an intimate area without the actress's consent.
02:01During the scene, no technician moves, no one does anything,
02:05and Maria runs to take refuge in her dressing room, in tears,
02:08joined by Brando who tries to console her.
02:11After that, Maria Schneider hardly ever filmed again,
02:14will take refuge in alcohol and drugs,
02:16and died on February 3, 2011, at the age of 58.
02:23This episode continues to tarnish Marlon Brando's reputation to this day,
02:27who has always considered women as objects,
02:30possessions that he could dispose of as he wished.
02:32Although he gave the world of cinema its finest hours,
02:35having fought for the most just causes,
02:38he nevertheless remains a human being with sometimes questionable behavior,
02:40even unforgivable.
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