2017 · thriller · mystery · supernatural
Based on a True Story
Directed by Roman Polanski1h 37m2017
Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.
Our read: Based on a True Story (2017) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive thriller · mystery · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured thriller / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- cold
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