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Based on a True Story

film by Polanski [2017]
Also known as: “D’après une histoire vraie”
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The film Based on a True Story (2017) is a French thriller directed by Roman Polanski. The movie stars Juliette Binoche as a writer who forms a complicated relationship with an obsessive fan. The film explores themes of identity and the blurring lines between reality and fiction, as the fan inserts herself into the writer's life and work.12

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