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Directed by Stéphane RybojadOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
AdventureThemes French war films,
Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about terrorism,
Political filmsActors Diane Kruger,
Djimon Hounsou,
Benoît Magimel,
Denis Ménochet,
Mehdi Nebbou,
Raphaël PersonnazRating63%
Kabul-based French journalist Elsa Casanova (Diane Kruger) writes an article about warlord Zaief (Raz Degan) and names him "the butcher of Kabul". Her informer Maina (Morjana Alaoui) warns her that Zaief is out for vengeance. Before she returns to Zaief, she bids farewell because she reckons to die by an honour killing. Elsa tries to hold her back but fails. Her friend Amen (Mehdi Nebbou) urges Elsa to leave the country, yet, agrees to help her try save Maina. Zaief ambushes and captures Elsa and Amen. Amen asks Elsa to show no fear in front of Zaief. Still, she breaks down when their friend Salemani (Greg Fromentin) gets cruelly murdered in her presence., 1h33
Directed by Gary WalkowOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about writers,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Courtney Love,
Kiefer Sutherland,
Ron Livingston,
Norman Reedus,
Lisa Sheridan,
Kyle SecorRating55%
The film opens with Vollmer balancing a water tumbler on her head as Burroughs, her husband, aims a gun at her as she entices him to shoot her. The film then cuts to Joan and Burroughs in the months prior in Mexico City, as Burroughs is leaving on a trip to Guatemala to meet his male lover, Lee. Joan, despondent to William's affair and his disinterest in her, is left to take care of their two children while he goes on his vacation., 2h20
Directed by Sam Riley,
Walter SallesOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
AdventureThemes Films about writers,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
LGBT-related films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Sam Riley,
Garrett Hedlund,
Kristen Stewart,
Amy Adams,
Tom Sturridge,
Alice BragaRating59%
In 1947, on the day his father is buried, Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) is invited by his friend Chad to meet Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) and Moriarty's 16-year-old wife Marylou (Kristen Stewart). Sal befriends Dean, smoking marijuana with him and visiting a jazz nightclub where they meet saxophonist Walter (Terrence Howard), who also befriends them. Dean gets a job as a chauffeur (having previously been a car thief). Sal teaches Dean how to write before another friend, Carlo Marx (Tom Sturridge), leaves with Dean for Denver., 1h56
Directed by William Dieterle,
Irving RapperOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy-drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about writers,
Spy films,
Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Films about racism,
Films about religion,
Transport films,
Films about capital punishment,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Paul Muni,
Gloria Holden,
Gale Sondergaard,
Joseph Schildkraut,
Donald Crisp,
Henry O'NeillRating71%
Set in the mid through late 19th century, it depicts Zola's friendship with Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement late in life in the Dreyfus affair., 2h3
Directed by John MaddenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
Films about television,
Théâtre,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
Musical films,
Romeo and Juliet,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
LGBT-related films,
Films about royalty,
LGBT-related film,
Cross-dressing in filmActors Joseph Fiennes,
Gwyneth Paltrow,
Geoffrey Rush,
Colin Firth,
Ben Affleck,
Tom WilkinsonRating70%
In 1593 London, William Shakespeare is a sometime player in the Lord Chamberlain's Men and poor playwright for Philip Henslowe, owner of The Rose Theatre. Shakespeare is working on a new comedy, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter. Suffering from writer's block, he has barely begun the play, but starts auditioning players. Viola de Lesseps, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, who has seen Shakespeare's plays at court, disguises herself as "Thomas Kent" to audition, then runs away. Shakespeare pursues Kent to Viola's house and leaves a note with the nurse, asking Thomas Kent to begin rehearsals at the Rose. He sneaks into the house with the minstrels playing that night at the ball, where her parents are arranging her betrothal to Lord Wessex, an impoverished aristocrat. While dancing with Viola, Shakespeare is struck speechless, and after being forcibly ejected by Wessex, uses Thomas Kent as a go-between to woo her. Wessex also asks Will's name, to which he replies that he is Christopher Marlowe., 2h10
Directed by Nelo Risi,
Marco RisiOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films about writers,
Poésie,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Terence Stamp,
Jean-Claude Brialy,
Florinda Bolkan,
Nike Arrighi,
Pier Paolo Capponi,
Jean LeuvraisRating67%
Arthur Rimbaud, gravement malade et aux derniers jours de sa vie, revoit les faits marquants de son existence. Son enfance dans les Ardennes, puis Paris où il devient la tête de proue des poètes symbolistes, sa rencontre avec Paul Verlaine avec lequel il entretient une relation amoureuse. Après avoir vagabondé ensemble, entre France, Angleterre et Belgique, la blessure infligée à Arthur par le coup de revolver de Verlaine met fin à leur relation et amène Arthur à renoncer à la poésie, doutant qu'elle puisse avoir un effet sur le monde comme il l'avait espéré. Ayant traîné ses semelles aux quatre vents durant une demi-décennie, il va ensuite arpenter pendant dix ans les déserts africains entre Arabie et Abyssinie, devenant agent commercial d'une importante compagnie française. Il se livre notamment au trafic d'armes avec le ras Ménélik et entretient une liaison amoureuse avec Gennet, une Éthiopienne qui restera à ses côtés jusqu'à ce que, atteint d'une tumeur maligne au genou droit, il doive quitter l'Afrique pour aller se faire soigner en France. C'est durant ses derniers mois qu'Arthur exprimera des sentiments insoupçonnés : son amour pour la vie et ses inclinaisons pour le surnaturel., 1h40
Directed by Benoît JacquotOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Films about writers,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
BDSM in filmsActors Daniel Auteuil,
Marianne Denicourt,
Jeanne Balibar,
Isild Le Besco,
Jean-Pierre Cassel,
Grégoire ColinRating60%
Paris in 1794: After prolonged detention, the Marquis de Sade, who claims during the hearing, neither noble nor the author of the novel Justine to be matched with other nobles in a former monastery in Picpus. This serves as a precious prison, where the inmates are referred to the outside world as a patient. The drive to the property shall Sade returns with Madame and Vicomte de Langris and their daughter Emilie. He is fond of the young woman, but precedes him his bad reputation. The parents prevent any contact between Emilie and Sade., 1h46
Directed by Maria SchraderOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films about writersActors Josef Hader,
Barbara Sukowa,
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart,
Nicolau Breyner,
Tómas Lemarquis,
Vincent NemethRating66%
Les dernières années de la vie de l'écrivain autrichien Stefan Zweig, de son arrivée au Brésil en 1936 à son suicide dans le même pays le 22 février 1942, en quelques scènes situées également à Buenos Aires pour une session du PEN Club ainsi qu'à New York., 1h51
Directed by Ralph FiennesOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about writersActors Ralph Fiennes,
Felicity Jones,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Tom Hollander,
Jonathan Harden,
Michelle FairleyRating60%
In 1857, eighteen-year-old English actress Ellen "Nelly" Ternan (Felicity Jones) is noticed by forty-five-year-old writer Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) while she is performing at London's Haymarket Theatre. Soon after, he casts her, along with her mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) and sister Maria (Perdita Weeks), in a performance of The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins at Dickens' Free Trade Hall in Manchester. At a party following the performance, the famous author and the actress share a brief moment alone., 1h52
Directed by Thomas "Dome" KarukoskiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Children's filmsActors Nicholas Hoult,
Lily Collins,
Colm Meaney,
Harry Gilby,
Tom Glynn-Carney,
Mimi KeeneRating68%
Né en Afrique du Sud, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien perd tôt son père et sa mère et grandit en Angleterre. Il est envoyé par son tuteur vivre avec son frère dans une pension de famille où habite également une orpheline du nom d'Edith Bratt dont Tolkien tombe amoureux. Il entre à l'école King Edward's où il impressionne ses camarades de classe en récitant Les Contes de Canterbury par cœur et sans erreur de prononciation ; il forme avec trois camarades un groupe littéraire dont les membres sont liés par une profonde amitié.