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Films based on autobiographical novels
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The list Films based on autobiographical novels includes
Diary of a Nymphomaniac, Postcards from the Edge, Persepolis, Abzurdah and Borstal Boy.
The list consists of 26 members.
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Diary of a Nymphomaniac
2008 Spanish film
Overview: Diary of a Nymphomaniac (Spanish: Diario de una ninfómana) is a 2008 Spanish erotic drama film directed by Christian Molina and starring Belén Fabra and Leonardo Sbaraglia. It is based on the 2005 aut ...
Release date: 17 October 2008Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Christian MolinaCast: Belén Fabra, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Llum Barrera, Geraldine Chaplin, Ángela Molina, Pedro GutiérrezProducer: Mariví De Villanueva, Carlos FernándezWriter: Cuca Canals, Valérie TassoA chronicle of the life of a middle-class French girl's sexual adventures, her then fall into prostitution, and her ultimate redemption.
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Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl
2011 film by Marcus Baldini
Overview: Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl (Portuguese: Bruna Surfistinha, 'Bruna Little Surfer Girl') is a 2011 Brazilian biographical erotic drama film directed by Marcus Baldini, based on the 2005 autobi ...
Release date: 25 February 2011Genre: Drama, BiographyDirector: Marcus BaldiniCast: Deborah Secco, Cássio Gabus Mendes, Drica Moraes, Fabiula Nascimento, Cristina Lago, Guta RuizProducer: Marcus Baldini, Roberto BerlinerWriter: José De Carvalho, Homero OlivettoAfter the adoptive daughter of a stable family leaves them for a new life as a prostitute, she rises to become a popular performer among her clients, and ... 0
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99 francs
2007 French satirical film
Overview: 99 Francs is a 2007 French satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jan Kounen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Nicolas & Bruno, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Frédéric Beigbeder. The film ...
Release date: 26 September 2007Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Jan KounenProducer: Rémi Burah, Axel DecisWriter: Nicolas Charlet, Bruno LavaineThe life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love. 0
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Postcards from the Edge
1990 film by Mike Nichols
Overview: Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 autobiographical novel of the same title. The film stars Meryl ...
Release date: 12 September 1990Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Mike NicholsProducer: John Calley, Robert GreenhutWriter: Carrie FisherA substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment. 0
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Persepolis
2007 film
Overview: Persepolis is a 2007 adult animated biographical drama film written and directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, based on Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The story ...
Release date: 23 May 2007Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, WarDirector: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane SatrapiCast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François JerosmeProducer: Rémi Burah, Tara GraceWriter: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent ParonnaudA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution. 0
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Abzurdah
2015 Argentine film
Overview: Abzurdah is a 2015 Argentine biographical romantic drama film directed by Daniela Goggi, based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Cielo Latini. The film stars Eugenia China Suárez and Esteban ...
Genre: Drama, Biography, RomanceDirector: Daniela GoggiCast: China Suárez, Esteban Lamothe, Gloria Carrá, Rafael Spregelburd, Tomás Ottaviano, Julieta GulloProducer: Hernán Guerschuny, Axel KuschevatzkyWriter: Daniela Goggi, Cielo LatiniCielo, a wealthy middle-class teenager, meets an older man online and falls obsessively in love. The relationship grows unstable, as she starts reaching ... 0
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Young and Willing
1954 film by J. Lee Thompson
Overview: The Weak and the Wicked (called Young and Willing in the United States) is a 1954 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson based on the autobiographical novel Who Lie in Gaol by his wife, Joan Henry ...
Release date: 2 February 1954Genre: DramaDirector: J. Lee ThompsonProducer: Victor SkutezkyWriter: Joan Henry, J. Lee ThompsonFrank "women in prison" story that sympathetically tracks several inmates through their imprisonment and subsequent return to society. Some are ... 0
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L.A. Without a Map
1998 film
Overview: L.A. Without a Map (also known as Los Angeles Without a Map and I Love L.A.) is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mika Kaurismäki, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Richard Rayner, based on ...
Release date: 11 September 1998Genre: Drama, Romance, ComedyDirector: Mika KaurismäkiProducer: Pierre Assouline, Julie BainesWriter: Mika Kaurismäki, Richard RaynerA British writer pursues a young actress to Hollywood and needs all the help he can get to win her love. 0
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Borstal Boy
2000 British film
Overview: Borstal Boy is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Peter Sheridan, based on the 1958 autobiographical novel of the same name by Brendan Behan.Release date: 4 July 2000Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Peter SheridanProducer: Brendan Behan, Nye Heron 0
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
2002 Chinese film
Overview: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (simplified Chinese: 巴尔扎克与小裁缝; traditional Chinese: 巴爾扎克與小裁縫; French: Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse Chinoise) is a 2002 Franco-Chinese romance drama film ...Release date: 16 May 2002Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Sijie DaiProducer: Sijie Dai, Nadine PerrontTwo youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter. 0
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Pokhoronite menya za plintusom
2009 Russian film
Overview: Bury Me Behind the Baseboard (Russian: Похорoните меня за плинтусом, Pokhoronite menya za plintusom) is a 2009 Russian psychological drama film directed by Sergey Snezhkin, based on the autobiographical ...Release date: 20 March 2009Genre: DramaDirector: Sergei SnezhkinCast: Svetlana Kryuchkova, Aleksei Petrenko, Mariya Shukshina, Konstantin Vorobyov, Sasha Drobitko, Samvel MuzhikyanProducer: Pavel Sanayev, Sergei Snezhkin 0
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Before Women Had Wings
1997 American TV series or program
Overview: Before Women Had Wings is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Lloyd Kramer and written by Connie May Fowler, based on her 1996 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It stars Ellen ...Release date: 26 October 1997Genre: DramaDirector: Lloyd KramerProducer: Jay Benson, Kate ForteWriter: Connie May FowlerAlcoholic Billy reflects on his country-music career that never happened and beats his wife Glory Marie... 0
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Enter Laughing
1967 film by Carl Reiner
Overview: Enter Laughing is a 1967 comedy film, directed by Carl Reiner, based on his autobiographical novel and the 1963 stage play of the same name. It was Reiner's directorial debut.Release date: 25 February 1967Genre: Romance, ComedyDirector: Carl ReinerProducer: Kurt Neumann, Carl ReinerWriter: Carl Reiner, Joseph SteinA young would-be actor seeks his first break. 0
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Break Every Chain
2021 Christian biographical drama film
Overview: Break Every Chain is a 2021 American Christian biographical drama film directed and co-written by Tim Searfoss and based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Jonathan Hickory. The film stars ...Director: Tim SearfossCast: Ignacyo Matynia, Dean Cain, Krystian Leonard, Collins Randolph, Brayden Lacer, Sterling Morse Jr.Producer: Jason Campbell, Daniel FajardoWriter: Tim Searfoss, Daniel Fajardo 0
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Charlotte
2021 animated biographical drama film
Overview: Charlotte is a 2021 animated biographical drama film about German painter Charlotte Salomon, directed by Éric Warin and Tahir Rana, from a screen story by Erik Rutherford and a screenplay by Rutherford ...
Director: Tahir Rana, Éric WarinProducer: Marion Cotillard, Thierry DechillyWriter: Erik Rutherford, David BezmozgisAn account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon's life in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World ... 0
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Simple Passion
2020 film by Danielle Arbid
Overview: Simple Passion (French: Passion simple) is a 2020 erotic drama film written and directed by Danielle Arbid, based on the 1992 autobiographical novel of the same name by Annie Ernaux. The film stars Laetitia ...Director: Danielle ArbidCast: Laetitia Dosch, Sergei Polunin, Lou-Teymour Thion, Caroline Ducey, Grégoire Colin, Slimane DaziProducer: Anna Bochkareva, Philippe MartinWriter: Danielle Arbid, Annie ErnauxA mother falls into an addictive relationship with a Russian diplomat, with whom she has nothing in common. 0
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Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya
1988 Israeli filmOverview: Aviya's Summer (Hebrew: הקיץ של אביה; translit. Ha-Kayits Shel Aviya) is a Hebrew-language book that became a bestseller. The 1985 autobiographical novel by theater actress Gila Almagor was made into a ...Release date: 1 February 1989Genre: Drama, BiographyDirector: Eli CohenProducer: Gila Almagor, Eitan EvanWriter: Gila Almagor, Haim Bouzaglo 0
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Promise of Pisa
2019 film
Overview: The Promise of Pisa (Dutch: De Belofte van Pisa) is a 2019 Dutch drama film directed by Norbert ter Hall. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Mano Bouzamour.Director: Norbert ter HallProducer: Robert Alberdingk Thijm, Norbert ter HallWriter: Robert Alberdingk Thijm, Mano BouzamourThe story of a Dutch-Moroccan boy who tries to survive at an elite music academy in posh Amsterdam South, while his brother is in prison. Based on the ... 0
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
2019 film
Overview: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (German: Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl) is a 2019 German drama film directed by Caroline Link. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Judith Kerr.
Director: Caroline LinkCast: Riva Krymalowski, Marinus Hohmann, Carla Juri, Oliver Masucci, Justus von Dohnányi, Ursula WernerProducer: Steffi Ackermann, Ditti Bürgin-BrookWriter: Caroline Link, Anna BrüggemannA Jewish family had to flee from the Nazis from Berlin. First, they flee to Zurich. From there it goes to Paris and finally to London. 0
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L'autre
2008 film
Overview: The Other One (French: L'Autre) is a 2008 French drama film directed by Patrick Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic, based on the novel L'Occupation by Annie Ernaux. It was an entrant at the 65th Venice ...Release date: 31 August 2008Genre: DramaDirector: Patrick-Mario Bernard, Pierre TrividicProducer: Patrick-Mario Bernard, Annie ErnauxAnne-Marie leaves Alex. Unlike him, who would like to lead a real married life, she wants to protect her freedom... 0
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