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Maria Schneider, 1983

Directed by Elisabeth Subrin

Starring three critically acclaimed actresses, MARIA SCHNEIDER, 1983 restages a documentary interview with the illustrious French actress Maria Schneider (1952-2011)

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Synopsis

In Maria Schneider, 1983, actresses Manal Issa, Aïssa Maïga and Isabel Sandoval recreate a 1983 TV interview with the late French actress Maria Schneider, which takes a turn when she’s asked about the filming of Last Tango in Paris with Bernardo Bertolucci and Marlon Brando a decade before. Taken together, they not only perform Schneider’s words and gestures, but inhabit them through their own identities, “bringing this maligned actress into the present, conjuring her into power, throwing their own bodies on the line to salvage hers.” (B. Ruby Rich, Film Quarterly). 

Director Identity

Bio

Elisabeth Subrin is a critically acclaimed filmmaker and visual artist. Her 2022 film "Maria Schneider, 1983" premiered at Cannes and won a 2023 César (French Academy Award). Her first feature narrative, "A Woman, A Part," (Maggie Siff, Cara Seymour and John Ortiz) had its world premiere at Rotterdam in the Tiger Awards Competition and US premiere at BAMcinemaFest. It was theatrically released in 2017. Her award-winning short films, video art and installations have screened and exhibited widely internationally, including solo shows at The Museum of Modern Art, The Vienna International Film Festival, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Harvard Film Archives, The San Francisco Cinematheque, The Jewish Museum, NY and Film Society of Lincoln Center. Other screenings and exhibitions include The Whitney Biennial, The Guggenheim Museum, The Walker Art Center, The New York Film Festival (2022, 2006, 1998), The European Media Arts Festival, VOLTA/NY and the Rotterdam International Film Festival (1998, 2001, 2016). In 2012, her film Shulie was included in the British Film Institute’s Sigh & Sound once-a- decade international critics’ poll for “The Greatest Films of All Times.” Subrin attended The Sundance Institute’s Feature Filmmaker and Screenwriter Labs with her first screenplay, Up. She’s received fellowships from The Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Creative Capital, Annenberg and Westernberger Foundations. Her work has been written about extensively in The New York Times, Artforum, The Village Voice, Frieze, BOMB and The New Yorker, among other publications. She’s a Professor of Film and Media Arts at Temple University and lives in Brooklyn.

Screening History

World Premiere - Cannes (Director's Fortnight section) 2022

New York Film Festival 2022

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2022

Sarajevo Film Festival 2022

Hamptons International Film Festival 2022

Awards History

Césars 2023 - Best Short Documentary and Official Selection

2023 Buffalo International Film Festival - Best Experimental Film

Press

Credits

Actor - Isabel Sandoval

Actor - Aïssa Maïga

Actor - Manal Issa