Lee

L E E

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Official Selection of TIFF 2023

Lee, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller's singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century's most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler's private bathtub. Miller had a profound understanding and empathy for women and the voiceless victims of war. Her images display both the fragility and ferocity of the human experience. Above all, the film shows how Miller lived her life at full-throttle in pursuit of truth, for which she paid a huge personal price, forcing her to confront a traumatic and deeply buried secret from her childhood.

LEE - Film Review

4 STARS! Wendy Ide, theguardian.com

"It’s a remarkable performance from Winslet, who, while she’s a touch too old for the role (Miller was in her mid-30s when she covered the war), captures the spirit of the character: the brawling, confrontational tough-broad aspects of Miller’s personality, as well as her considerable magnetism. Winslet’s Lee is a woman who uses her words as weapons, delivered in a hardboiled screwball heroine’s rasp of a voice. It’s a voice that is employed extensively. A fictional interview device – a chain-smoking, whisky-swilling older Lee is interrogated by a younger man (Josh O’Connor) – provides a narration that ties together her war experiences." For the full review please CLICK HERE.