''Based on a True Story'' (french: D'après une histoire vraie) is a 2017 internationally co-produced
psychological thriller film
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In terms of context and co ...
directed by
Roman Polanski
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, and written by Polanski and
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. His work has become synonymous with the ...
from the novel of the same name by
Delphine de Vigan. It was screened out of competition at the
2017 Cannes Film Festival
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Plot
The film focuses on writer Delphine (Seigner), who achieved her first career success, publishing her debut novel dedicated to her mother. However, she soon starts receiving anonymous letters accusing her of exposing her family to the public. Depressed and struggling with
writer's block
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, Delphine meets and begins a friendship with a mysterious younger woman (Green) who is seductive, intelligent, and intuitive and who understands Delphine better than anyone else.
Cast
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Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French former fashion model, singer, and actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007), ''The Ninth Gate'' (1999) and '' Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominate ...
as Delphine Dayrieux
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Eva Green
Eva Gaëlle Green (, ; born ) is a French actress and model. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she began her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003). She achieved international reco ...
as Elle
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Vincent Perez
Vincent Perez (born 10 June 1964) is a Swiss actor, director and photographer. He played the title character, Ashe Corven, in '' The Crow: City of Angels'', and starred in ''Queen of the Damned'', playing Marius de Romanus. Some of his films in ...
as François
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Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon (born 4 March 1955) is a French actor. He is known for appearing in films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, often playing eccentric or grotesque characters.
Early life and education
Dominique Pinon was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loi ...
as Raymond
* Camille Chamoux as Oriane
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Brigitte Roüan
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as The documentalist
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Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life
Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television directo ...
as Karina
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Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.
Life and career
Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms.
She studied cinema at L ...
as The inspector
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Damien Bonnard
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Filmography
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
French male film actors
21st-century French male actors
People from Alès
Most P ...
as The perchman
Reception
It won the
FIPRESCI Prize
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in 28th
Stockholm Film Festival
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The w ...
. On
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film holds an approval rating of 48% based on 29 reviews, and an average rating of 5.41/10. On
Metacritic
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, the film has a weighted average score of 43 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
References
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2017 films
2017 thriller drama films
2017 psychological thriller films
2010s French-language films
French thriller drama films
French psychological thriller films
Polish thriller drama films
Films based on French novels
Films directed by Roman Polanski
Films with screenplays by Olivier Assayas
Films with screenplays by Roman Polanski
Films set in Paris
Films about writers
2010s French films