Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir is a 2011 documentary film directed by Laurent Bouzereau. The film is about Roman Polanski's life, career, and legal issues.
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Directed by | Laurent Bouzereau |
Produced by | Luca Barbareschi Andrew Braunsberg Christoph Fisser Henning Molfenter Charlie Woebcken |
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Cinematography | Paweł Edelman |
Edited by | Jeff Pickett |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
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Distributed by | Eclipse Features |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Italy Germany |
Language | English |
Synopsis
editIn two conversations (one while on house arrest due to his arrest in September 2009 and other as a "free man") with his longtime friend Andrew Braunsberg, the filmmaker Roman Polanski discusses his life, career and the legal issues he has been facing since his 1977 arrest for sexual assault.
Cast
edit- Roman Polanski as himself
- Andrew Braunsberg as himself
Reception
editAs of June 2020[update], Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir has an approval rating of 91% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews with an average rating of 5.86/10.[1]
Christopher Schobert from the IndieWire wrote: "Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir is a rare opportunity to hear a master filmmaker speak about his life. Both his haters and fans will agree, it is a highly watchable documentary. But don't expect either group to feel they have heard the whole story".[2]
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir was nominated in the category Best Documentary at the 2012 British Independent Film Awards, but lost it for The Imposter.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Schobert, Christopher (9 November 2013). "Review: Compelling, Occasionally Insightful & Wildly Frustrating Documentary 'Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "NOMINATIONS, HOST AND JURY REVEALED FOR THE 15th ANNUAL MOËT BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS". Bifa.org.uk. 2012-11-05. Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2013-05-14.