Director: Paul Schrader; Starring: Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi; Genre: Drama; Age: 12+; Time: 91 minutes
Fiery but feeling his years and his illness, ailing filmmaker Leonard Fife wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it’s too late.
Choosing to reveal the truth and lies in his life and career, Leonard sits for an extended filmed interview with his former student Malcolm, charging ahead with candid stories about his younger self in the fractious 1960s and beyond
Leonard’s successes are held up against his failings – the fibs held up against the facts – and as the man in full is cleansed of the myth, Leonard must confront what is left.
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