Kate Winslet delivers a captivating performance alongside a stellar cast in this portrait of legendary WWII war photographer Lee Miller.

In 1977, a young journalist (Josh O’Connor, Challengers; La Chimera) sits down to interview Miller (Winslet) in her final years. The straight-shooting subject recounts her unlikely journey from 1930s model to photographer on the frontlines of WWII, where she captured history as it happened: the Blitz, the aftermath of D-Day, the horrors of the Third Reich, the wounds left across Europe.

Headlining an incredible international cast – Alexander Skarsgård, Marion Cotillard and Andy Samberg star with Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie; Mandy) and Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) – Winslet delivers an impressive, impassioned portrayal of an iconic figure, one who recently served as inspiration for Alex Garland’s Civil War. Making her directorial debut, trailblazing cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Summer of Sam; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Coffee and Cigarettes) matches the power of Miller’s images with an astonishing visual palette.

Rating

M

Duration

117 MINS