Roadside Attractions released the trailer (teaser) for the biographical drama film ‘Lee’. The film stars Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, a renowned American photographer/photojournalist who was a war correspondent for Vogue during World War II.
‘Lee’ had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
Starring the film are Kate Winslet, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Marion Cotillard.
Release Date
Directed by Ellen Kuras, ‘Lee’ opens in U.S. theaters September 27, 2024.
Synopsis
Lee, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century’s most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler’s private bathtub.
Miller had a profound understanding and empathy for women and the voiceless victims of war. Her images display both the fragility and ferocity of the human experience. Above all, the film shows how Miller lived her life at full-throttle in pursuit of truth, for which she paid a huge personal price, forcing her to confront a traumatic and deeply buried secret from her childhood.
“You find this middle-aged woman who’s just thrown herself in the middle of this battlefield…that is what Lee Miller did… She went out there and threw herself into war to be able to search for the truth. She knew that there was something there. She wanted to find out what was happening on the front lines. It was not a place where women were permitted. Women weren’t seen. So she was a surprising but galvanizing presence wherever she went.” Says director Ellen Kuras about the subject of the film.
Reviews
Marya E. Gates in a RogerEbert.com review praised Winslet’s potrayal of Lee Miller, writing “Throughout the film, Ellen Kuras keeps her camera planted squarely on Winslet’s shoulders. Her Miller is impossibly beautiful, earthy, witty, and hard as nails. Winslet plays Miller as a woman who goes through life always on the defensive, ready to push back against misogyny on every level, and, most importantly, ready to bear witness to everything life has to offer: good, bad, and evil.”
Carlos Aguilar in a Variety review also praised Winslet’s performance, writing “Even at her character’s most vulnerable, the Oscar-winning actor presents Lee with an edge of defensiveness, her guard never fully down, likely tied to a traumatic event in childhood.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for ‘Lee’.