Biopics: 🖌🎨Artistas y escritores🖋

It was a romance born out of war...and later torn apart by it. This powerful drama recounts one of the great love stories of the 20th century: the relationship between literary giant Ernest Hemingway and trailblazing war correspondent Martha Gellhorn.

A young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student.

Diane Lane steals the show in this film as Frances Mayes, a recently divorced American writer with a creative block. Her best friend, Patti, gives her the gift of a stay in Italy, more precisely in Tuscany, and once there, Frances impulsively decides to buy a villa from an old Italian woman. However, the house needs a lot of renovations and that absorbs Frances' life, who makes new friends and learns a little about Italian culture.

In New York City's late nineties, a young aspiring writer lands a day-job at J.D. Salinger's literary agency. While her eccentric and old-fashioned boss tasks her to process Salinger's voluminous fan mail, she struggles to find her own voice.

June 1944, France is still under the German occupation. The writer and communist Robert Antelme, major figure of the Resistance, is arrested and deported. His young wife Marguerite Duras, writer and resistant, is torn by the anguish of not having news of her and her secret affair with her comrade Dyonis. She meets a French agent working at the Gestapo, Pierre Rabier, and, ready to do anything to find her husband, puts himself to the test of an ambiguous relationship with this troubled man, only to be able to help him. The end of the war and the return of the camps announce to Marguerite Duras the beginning of an unbearable wait, a slow and silent agony in the midst of the chaos of the Liberation of Paris.

Experience the final years of painter Vincent van Gogh in this biographical drama. Directed by Julian Schnabel, the film challenges the notion of suicide, presenting a unique theory on van Gogh's tragic end. Willem Dafoe's remarkable portrayal, supported by an exceptional cast, delves into the artist's torment and brilliance, earning acclaim and nominations. This emotional journey offers an intimate perspective on van Gogh's life and is a compelling watch for art enthusiasts and film lovers alike.

This drama centred around the world of ballet follows Joy Womack, who becomes a member of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. Her dream of becoming a grand ballerina is challenged by the fierce competition that reigns at the prestigious academy. In addition, her magnetic tutor Volkova, and her first love, challenge her determination and sacrifice. What is the cost of excellence? The film is based on a true story of the american ballerina, one of the few westerners to graduate from the Bolshoi.

A one-hour celebration of Anais Nin's ground-breaking diaries, this special programme brings the influential author's voice to the fore in a way not seen before on television. Shivani Kapur and Lucy Cohu star as Anais in dramatisations of different periods of her life, while Alix Wilton Regan plays the young polar-necked reporter, Leah, who helps uncover Nin's story. The drama is punctuated with commentary from high- profile fans, such as writer and broadcaster Rowan Pelling. Fascinating and racy, this documentary brings her work to life for a whole new generation.

The story of Sylvia Plath's seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. The film includes an exclusive testimony from Sylvia Plath's daughter Frieda Hughes about her mother.

This visually stunning movie follows the life and death of Vincent van Gogh, composed with rotoscope animation which brings his paintings to life. The movie follows Armand Roulin as he attempts to deliver a letter to Vincent's brother, but is drawn into a mystery surrounding Vincent's final days. The movie is a beautiful tribute to Vincent van Gogh and his legacy, and is a must-see for anyone who loves art or animation.

Cezanne et Moi traces the parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. The two boys grew up in Aix-en-Provence. Emile was fatherless and poor. Paul came from a wealthy family. As young men, dreaming of glory and beautiful women, they left the south to conquer the art scene in Paris. Soon Emile had it all, success, money, and the perfect wife, and embraced the very bourgeoisie he mocked in his books. Meanwhile, Cezanne rejected the Parisian scene to focus only on his work, ignored by his peers and the establishment.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation.

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

It's 1818 in Hampstead Village on the outskirts of London. Poet Charles Brown lives in one half of a house, the Dilkes family the other. Through association with the Dilkes, the fatherless Brawne family knows Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown and the Brawne's eldest daughter, Fanny, don't like each other. She thinks him arrogant and rude; he feels that she's a pretentious flirt, knowing only how to sew (admittedly well as she makes all her own fashionable clothes), and voicing opinions on subjects about which she knows nothing. Insecure struggling poet John Keats comes to live with his friend, Mr. Brown. Miss Brawne and Mr. Keats have a mutual attraction to each other, but their relationship is slow to develop, in part, since Mr. Brown does whatever he can to keep the two apart. Other obstacles face the couple, including their eventual overwhelming passion for each other clouding their view of what the other does, Mr. Keats' struggling career, which offers him little in the way of monetary security (which will lead to Mrs. Brawne not giving consent for them to marry), and health issues which had earlier taken the life of Mr. Keats' brother, Tom.

In a charming account of J.M. Barrie's life, this film unveils the inspirations behind the worldwide known tale of "Peter Pan." Johnny Depp's graceful portrayal of Barrie adds a special charm to this warm and captivating drama. It's a must-watch if you are a fan of biopics and for those who are seeking a glimpse into the creation of a literary classic and the real relationships that inspired it!