Bernando Bertolucci

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    Bertolucci admits infamous Last Tango 'butter' rape scene was non-consensual

    A video of Italian director Bernando Bertolucci confessing that he and Marlon Brando conspired to shoot a rape scene in ‘Last Tango In Paris’ without the consent of the film’s lead actress Maria Schneider has surfaced online. Bertolucci made the comments about the film’s infamous “butter scene” during a Q&A at La Cinémathèque française in Paris in 2013, two years after Schneider’s death. The scene in question shows Paul (Marlon Brando, then 48-years-old) violating Jeanne (Maria Schneider then