Kate Winslet is Photographer Lee Miller in ‘Lee’ Movie Official Trailer
by Alex Billington
May 1, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Even when I wanted to look away, I knew I couldn’t.” Roadside Attractions has revealed the official trailer for a movie titled Lee, a biopic about the famed war photographer known as Lee Miller. This premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last fall, and played at AFI Fest in LA. It’s the first feature film directed by acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras. TIFF’s intro: “Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in this fascinating portrait of the great American war correspondent Lee Miller, whose singular talent & ferocious tenacity gave us some of the 20th century’s most indelible images… The story begins in the South of France, 1938, where Lee Miller is vacationing with her dearest and closest friends who are artists, poets, and confidants.” She was a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during WWII. The ensemble cast in this film includes Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Josh O’Connor, Noémie Merlant, Samuel Barnett, and Andy Samberg as her photographer friend David E. Scherman who joined her on the front. “Lee lived her life at full throttle, for which she paid a huge emotional price.” It seems like an intense experience, as a film about the horrors of war should. Take a look.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Ellen Kuras’ film Lee, direct from Roadside’s YouTube:
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 (played by Kate Winslett). 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. Lee Miller had a profound understanding and empathy for women and for 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 & deeply buried secret from her childhood. Lee is directed by the American cinematographer / filmmaker Ellen Kuras, making her feature directorial debut after directing for TV, including episodes of “The Umbrella Academy” and “Inventing Anna”. The screenplay is written by Liz Hannah and Marion Hume & John Collee; from a story by Lem Dobbs and Marion Hume & John Collee. Adapted from the biography “The Lives of Lee Miller” by Antony Penrose. This initially premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last fall. Roadside will debut Lee in select US theaters starting September 27th, 2024. Who wants to watch?