Can You Ever Forgive Me?
True story and film adaptation of the memories Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel, biographer and counterfeiter in New York in the early 90s.
Famous until the 80s for writing bestselling biographies of well-known faces. Then, the alcohol, the misanthropic character and the flops of the latest publications decreed its fall. The undisputed skills of a writer led her to falsify and sell about 400 typewritten letters of known personalities, a trick that allowed her to make ends meet. The scam did not last long and attracted the attention and investigation of the FBI, up until the sentence and arrest.
"You can only be a bitch if you are famous but as a stranger you cannot afford to be so bastard" so admonished by her agent, the writer Lee Israel chose to be a bastard, becoming famous.
Absurd and true story that has the incredible of a talented but borderline woman. Masterful interpretations of Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.