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Summary
The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 67Audiences 68GoodWatch 55
Tomatometer72%
Metascore62
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −12 min on the typical 96
typical 9684Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 15 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
+5Released
2022
April 7, 2022
4 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchGermanMade in
Germany- Switzerland
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Gwendoline ChristiePatricia Highsmith (voice)
Annina ButterworthSelf - Narrator (voice)- MMMarijane MeakerSelf - Writer / Highsmith's Friend
- CCCourtney Coates BlackmanSelf - Highsmith's Relative
- JCJudy CoatesSelf - Highsmith's Relative
- DCDan CoatesSelf - Highsmith's Relative
- MBMonique BuffetSelf - Former Teacher / Highsmith's Friend
Tabea BlumenscheinSelf - Actress / Highsmith's Friend- KKKaey KihlSelf
- MGMalte GöbelSelf
Patricia HighsmithSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Directing · 3
- Eva Vitija Director, Writer
- Signe Astrup Assistant Director
- Raphael Bondy Assistant Director, Additional Photography
Production · 5
- Franziska Sonder Producer
- Maurizius Staerkle Drux Producer
- Jeremy Zimmermann Casting
- Lino Rettinger Line Producer
- Carl-Ludwig Rettinger Co-Producer
Camera · 3
- Siri Klug Director of Photography
- Carmen Stadler Additional Photography
- Dawn Suhyun Shim Additional Photography
Editing · 2
- Rebecca Trösch Editor
- Felix Hüsken Color Grading
Sound · 7
- Noël Akchoté Original Music Composer
- Jascha Viehl Sound Designer
- Oscar van Hoogevest Sound Assistant
- Holger Buff Foley Artist
- Alexander Weuffen Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Christophe Albertijn Music Editor
Art · 1
- Fabian Kaiser Graphic Designer, Animation, Compositor
Visual Effects · 2
- Joshua Seckerdieck Visual Effects
- Fabian Engeler Animation, Compositor
Other crew · 11
- Andres Veiel Dramaturgy
- Judy Coates In Memory Of
- Tabea Blumenschein In Memory Of
- Ian Oggenfuss Post Production Supervisor
- Judith Hardegger Commissioning Editor
- Urs Augstburger Commissioning Editor
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