'LEE' – Kate Winslet is iconic war photographer Lee Miller in WWII biopic

The difficult and sometimes overlooked profession of being a war photographer is once again at the centre of the story in the cinema. Last April, Civil War Alex Garland's The Walking Dead took audiences into a dystopian future U.S. that imagined a civil war told through the lens of war photographers Lee Smith and Jessie Cullen, played in the film by Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny, respectively.

Now it's time for the biographical film Leein which Oscar winner, Kate Winslet, brings to life the iconic war photographer and World War II correspondent, Lee Miller.

The biopic that covers a decade in the history of Lee Miller, is directed by the experienced director of photography Ellen Kurasmarking her debut as a feature film director.

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“The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.”

“What she captured at Dachau and across Europe was shocking and horrific. Her photographs of the war, its victims and its aftermath remain among the most significant and historically important of World War II. She changed war photography forever, but Lee Miller paid an enormous personal price for what she witnessed and the stories she fought to tell.”

You can find the trailer at the end of this article.

In addition to Winslet, the cast includes Andy Samberg (Palm Springs, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman, Alexander Skarsgtord (The Northman, Succession) as Miller's love, Roland Penrose, Marion Cotillard (Inception, Contagion) such as Vogue France director Solange D'Ayen, Andrea Riseborough (The Regime, Possessor) such as Vogue UK editor Audrey Withers, and Josh O’Connor (Challengers) as a young journalist named Tony.

Kuras directs the script written by Liz Hannah (Mindhunter, The Girl from Plainville), Marion Humey John Collee (Monkey Man).

Winslet, Kate Solomon, Marie Savare, Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, and Lauren Hantz serve as producers on the biopic, with Collee, Hannah, Finola Dwyer, Laura Grange, John Hantz, Clare Hardwick, and Billy Mulligan serving as executive producers.

Lee It's an exciting and important project for Winslet, who, according to media reports, personally paid the crew's salaries for two weeks.

Lee hits theaters on September 13, 2024It will be distributed by Sky in the United Kingdom, and by Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions in the United States. It has not yet been distributed in Mexico.

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