LEE (+ Q&A with writer Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller)

UK 2023, 15, 177 mins, biographical drama

A 2023 British biographical drama directed by Ellen Kuras in her feature directorial debut, adapted from the 1985 biography The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose. It stars Kate Winslet as war journalist Lee Miller (1907-1977). The cast includes Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg, Noémie Merlant, Josh O’Connor and Alexander Skarsgård in supporting roles.

The film focuses on Miller’s life as an American in Europe on the verge of WWII. Her modelling career was over and she’d found herself compelled to a life on the other side of the camera, taking pictures and enjoying debauched getaways. As the war begins, her need to feel useful in some way drives her to the frontline as she tries to capture the horrors for Vogue magazine.

With a Q&A with British photographer Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller, director of the Lee Miller Archive and Penrose Collection at his parents’ former home, Farley Farm House.