LOVING HIGHSMITH

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Fri, Sep 9, 2022 2:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Fri, Sep 9, 2022 6:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, Sep 10, 2022 2:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, Sep 10, 2022 7:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, Sep 11, 2022 2:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, Sep 11, 2022 4:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Mon, Sep 12, 2022 1:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Mon, Sep 12, 2022 7:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Tue, Sep 13, 2022 1:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Tue, Sep 13, 2022 7:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Wed, Sep 14, 2022 1:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Wed, Sep 14, 2022 7:40 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Thu, Sep 15, 2022 1:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Thu, Sep 15, 2022 7:40 PM

Description

LOVING HIGHSMITH

A mesmerizing and eye-opening portrait of Patricia Highsmith, legendary author of Strangers on a TrainThe Talented Mr. Ripley, and Carol. Based on Highsmith’s personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer’s life and oeuvre.

Loving Highsmith is a unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family. Focusing on Highsmith’s quest for love and her troubled identity, the film sheds new light on her life and writing. Most of Highsmith’s novels were adapted into movies; the best known of these are Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train and Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. RipleyCarol, a partly autobiographic novel, and the first lesbian story with a happy end in 1950s America, was later adapted for the big screen by Todd Haynes. But Highsmith herself was forced to lead a double life and had to hide her vibrant love affairs from her family and the public. Only in her unpublished writings she reflected on the ever-present subject for her. Excerpts from these notes voiced by Gwendoline Christie (Game of ThronesTop of the Lake), beautifully interwoven with archive material of her and her most famous novel adaptions, create a vivid, touching portrait of one of the most fascinating female writers. (Switzerland/Germany, 2022, 83 min., color, DCP | Dir. Eva Vitija)

Film poster for LOVING HIGHSMITH (2022)