It's biopic madness: these 10 films will hit theaters before the end of the year! – Cinema News

Many biopics and films inspired by true stories will hit the screens this fall-winter. Here is an overview, in order of release.

Lee Miller by Ellen Kuras – released October 9, 2024

Kate Winslet is Lee Miller, one of the first war photographers. A biopic looks back at his story. The British actress will be surrounded by a very fine cast: we find Marion Cotillard and Alexander Skarsgård but also Andrea Riseborough, Josh O'Connor and Noémie Merlant in this feature film directed by Ellen Kuras.

Lee Miller was first a photo model having appeared on the cover of Vogue. She then became a photographer on the front during the Second World War. She was also one of the first people to photograph the horror of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps.

Niki by Céline Sallette – released October 9, 2024

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For her first feature film as a director, actress Céline Sallette will focus on the life of artist Niki de Saint Phalle. Charlotte Le Bon plays the main role of Niki.

Niki de Saint Phalle produced her first performance paintings of Tirs in 1961, began creating her famous feminist sculptures Nanas in glued paper and resin in 1964, before working from the 1970s on monumental installation projects such as the Jardin des Tarots in Italy or the Stravinsky Fountain in Paris… She directed the experimental film Daddy in collaboration with director Peter Whitehead in 1972.

The Apprentice – released October 9, 2024

This fall, Donald Trump will also make news in theaters. Thanks to The Apprentice, a biopic dedicated to him by Ali Abbasi. Two years after Nights of Mashhad, the latter left Iran for the United States and signed a completely different film, even if it was also a question of looking at the product of a company.

Passed in Competition at the last Cannes Film Festival, The Apprentice tells the story of the rise of the future President of the United States, under the aegis of lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), and what made him the high-profile character colors that we know today. With a vintage patina, decorations that smack of luxury and bad taste… and a rape scene that earned him threats of legal action from the Trump clan.

Carried by a Sebastian Stan constantly on the edge between the Alec Baldwin-style caricature on Saturday Night Live and the complacent portrait, The Apprentice almost did not come out in the cinema. But he's going to get there, and that's one more reason not to miss it.

Monsieur Aznavour by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir – released October 23, 2024

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Will it be the most spectacular French biopic of 2024? While the releases of biopics have multiplied in 2023 (Tapie, Flo, Abbé Pierre…), Monsieur Aznavour, carried by Tahar Rahim, and co-directed by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir, should be an event this month. 'october.

Tahar Rahim completely transformed himself for this role. The actor revealed by Jacques Audiard, in Un Prophète, 15 years ago, is unrecognizable. He plays the famous singer and lyricist through the years, and sings himself for the film. Monsieur Aznavour recounts the artist's path to glory. It traces the rise of the singer from the 1950s. Grand Corps Malade co-directs with Mehdi Idir, with whom he has already collaborated on Patients and School Life.

Monsieur Aznavour with Tahar Rahim: release, casting, plot… Everything you need to know about the most spectacular French biopic of 2024!

My life with Dali (Daliland) – released on DVD and VOD on October 23, 2024

New York, 1973: when James, a young gallery owner, is invited to one of the parties organized by the famous painter Salvador Dalí, he enters an exquisite world. James is supposed to assist Dalí in the preparations for a major exhibition, a unique opportunity for him. But the more time he spends with the extravagant artist, the more he delves into the painter's financial and relational difficulties. Indeed, James understands that the seemingly happy relationship between Dalí and his equally eccentric wife, Gala, is about to shatter.

Ben Kinglsey plays Dali in My Life with Dali. This is already the 2nd film released in 2024 around the famous painter. In this new film, which is released directly on DVD and VOD in France, Ben Kingsley is surrounded by Barbara Sukowa and Ezra Miller. The direction was entrusted to Mary Harron, known in particular for having directed American Psycho, in the early 2000s.

Kafka, the last summer by Georg Maas and Judith Kaufmann – released November 20, 2024

In the summer of 1923, on the shores of the Baltic, Franz Kafka met Dora Diamant, a young children's entertainer with whom he fell madly in love. The famous writer knows that everything stands in the way of this idyll: his declining health, his chronic spleen, his father's control over his life. But with the young woman, Franz rediscovers the taste for writing and the desire to enjoy every minute. As if to make the time he has left into a great masterpiece.

This German film, entitled Kafka, the Last Summer, is directed by the duo who directed From One Life to Another, Georg Maas and Judith Kaufmann.

Prodigieuses by Frédéric Potier and Valentin Potier – released November 20, 2024

Prodigieuses is inspired by the story of the Pleynet twins. The pitch: The Vallois sisters were admitted at the age of 18 to the Karlsruhe University of Music under the eminent Klaus Lenhardt. They thus carry the dream of their father who gave up everything to make them the best. But an orphan disease reaches the hands of one of them and stops her in her ascent. While her sister shines, it doesn't take long for her to suffer the same fate. Unable to imagine their life without a piano, the twins will develop together a unique technique in the world and thus become, more than ever, “prodigious”… The film, co-directed by Frédéric Potier and Valentin Potier, brings together Camille Razat, Mélanie Robert, Franck Dubosc and Isabelle Carré.

Sarah Bernhardt, the divine by Guillaume Nicloux – released December 18, 2024

Sandrine Kiberlain is Sarah Bernhardt! She will be showing on December 18 in Sarah Bernhardt, the Divine. The film directed by Guillaume Nicloux, written by Nathalie Leuthreau, focuses on 30 years of the life of this artist.

The story begins in Paris, in 1915. Sarah Bernhardt is the world's first star. Free. Modern. Divine. Eccentric. Visionary. Between legend and fantasy, Sarah Bernhardt will tell us the love story that marked her life. The cast of Sarah Bernhardt, the divine is also composed of Laurent Lafitte, in the role of Lucien Guitry, Amira Casar (Louise Abéma, painter and best friend of Sarah Bernhardt), Pauline Etienne, Laurent Stocker and Sébastien Pouderoux, both of the French Comedy. The film will be released in theaters on December 18, 2024.

Saint Ex by Pablo Agüero – released December 11, 2024

Louis Garrel shares the cast of Saint Ex, with Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger. Garrel plays the title role in this film directed by Pablo Agüero. The scenario takes place in 1930 and centers on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Aéropostale pilot in Argentina. When Henri Guillaumet, his best friend and the best pilot of Aéropostale, disappears in the Andes, Saint-Ex decides despite everything to go looking for him. This impossible quest forces him to surpass himself, making his ability to dream his greatest strength… The release is set for December 11, 2024.

The Flood by Gianluca Jodice – released December 25, 2024

After Johnny Depp as Louis XV in Jeanne du Barry by Maïwenn, here is Guillaume Canet as Louis XVI! The Flood by Italian filmmaker Gianluca Jodice will be released on December 25, 2024, after being presented at the opening of the Locarno Festival.

In this historical film, about the last days of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, Guillaume Canet plays the role of the King while Mélanie Laurent plays the Queen. The pitch: 1792, The Ancien Régime is coming to an end. In Paris, Louis XVI and his wife Marie-Antoinette were arrested and taken to the dungeon of the Tour du Temple. Freely inspired by the notebooks of Cléry, the King's valet who remained with him until his death.