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Loving Highsmith

Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.

Director

Eva Vitija

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, history

Box Office

$46,172

Production

Ensemble Film,Lichtblick Film,ZDF,ARTE,RSI,SRF,SRG SSR

Awards

4 nominations

Homepage

https://www.autlookfilms.com/films/loving-highsmith

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Ever since I was 16 or 17, - Loving Highsmith

Ever since I was 16 or 17,

(dramatic music) - Loving Highsmith

(dramatic music)

She was better looking
than I thought she would be. - Loving Highsmith

She was better looking than I thought she would be.

That's only because I'm a writer - Loving Highsmith

That's only because I'm a writer

(car horns honking) - Loving Highsmith

(car horns honking)

It was called L's
for lesbian, I guess. - Loving Highsmith

It was called L's for lesbian, I guess.

New York was loaded
with gay bars. - Loving Highsmith

New York was loaded with gay bars.

I was very interested
in gay places. - Loving Highsmith

I was very interested in gay places.

And I remember
a cab driver said: - Loving Highsmith

And I remember a cab driver said:

And the owner, a woman, - Loving Highsmith

And the owner, a woman,

You've given a cab driver
the name of this place. " - Loving Highsmith

You've given a cab driver the name of this place. "...

Gay bars are a dark door
somewhere in Manhattan, - Loving Highsmith

Gay bars are a dark door somewhere in Manhattan,

I was curious to write a book
about a writer like her. - Loving Highsmith

I was curious to write a book about a writer like her.

A handsome, dark haired
woman in a trench coat, - Loving Highsmith

A handsome, dark haired woman in a trench coat,

Sure. I mean,
she was gay and. . - Loving Highsmith

Sure. I mean, she was gay and. .

And if she was a writer, - Loving Highsmith

And if she was a writer,

Write it again.
Write something like that. " - Loving Highsmith

Write it again. Write something like that. "

(soft music) - Loving Highsmith

It was at Christmas rush hour. - Loving Highsmith

It was at Christmas rush hour.

Therese noticed the woman's
perfume, for the first time - Loving Highsmith

Therese noticed the woman's perfume, for the first time

(indistinct PA announcement) - Loving Highsmith

(indistinct PA announcement)

(scratching) - Loving Highsmith

Madly in love with my Carol. - Loving Highsmith

Madly in love with my Carol.

I used Ann Aldrich, - Loving Highsmith

I used Ann Aldrich,

(mellow music) - Loving Highsmith

Somebody who was living
with a straight family - Loving Highsmith

Somebody who was living with a straight family

And depending on your publisher, - Loving Highsmith

And depending on your publisher,

Why did Pat never publish
a "girls' book" again? - Loving Highsmith

Why did Pat never publish a "girls' book" aga...

Certainly family,
certainly mother. - Loving Highsmith

Certainly family, certainly mother.

Those two things were big
enough to stop anybody. - Loving Highsmith

Those two things were big enough to stop anybody.

(cheering) - Loving Highsmith

(insects chirring) - Loving Highsmith

(insects chirring)

She never referred to
him as her cousin. - Loving Highsmith

She never referred to him as her cousin.

Dan and Pat grew up together. - Loving Highsmith

Dan and Pat grew up together.

(insects chirring) - Loving Highsmith

(insects chirring)

Our family has just been
a ranching, rodeo, - Loving Highsmith

Our family has just been a ranching, rodeo,

We spent every weekend,
growing up, going to rodeos. - Loving Highsmith

We spent every weekend, growing up, going to rodeos.

(crowd cheering) - Loving Highsmith

(crowd cheering)

- Dan.
- Oh yeah, granddaddy. - Loving Highsmith

- Dan. - Oh yeah, granddaddy.

(insects chirring) - Loving Highsmith

(insects chirring)

And then married
Stanley Highsmith. - Loving Highsmith

And then married Stanley Highsmith.

I don't know if it was Mary that
decided to move to New York, - Loving Highsmith

I don't know if it was Mary that decided to move to New...

So, I have a sense
of being a Southerner - Loving Highsmith

So, I have a sense of being a Southerner

(insects chirring) - Loving Highsmith

(insects chirring)

And 6 is exactly the age - Loving Highsmith

And 6 is exactly the age

I would bet anything, - Loving Highsmith

I would bet anything,

The first person you look to, - Loving Highsmith

The first person you look to,

And I don't know that
Mary had that to give. - Loving Highsmith

And I don't know that Mary had that to give.

She dedicated
two books to her mother. - Loving Highsmith

She dedicated two books to her mother.

She had a mother love. - Loving Highsmith

She had a mother love.

(gulls cawing) - Loving Highsmith

(children chattering, playing) - Loving Highsmith

(children chattering, playing)

I entered New York
public school, - Loving Highsmith

I entered New York public school,

(chatter) - Loving Highsmith

I was always interested
in women. - Loving Highsmith

I was always interested in women.

(gulls cawing) - Loving Highsmith

At 16, when rather notably, - Loving Highsmith

At 16, when rather notably,

She really had a thing
about her. - Loving Highsmith

She really had a thing about her.

It was not returned, - Loving Highsmith

It was not returned,

"Well, if you like me so much, - Loving Highsmith

"Well, if you like me so much,

What are you
wearing pants for?" - Loving Highsmith

What are you wearing pants for?"

Pat's mother wants her
to marry a friend - Loving Highsmith

Pat's mother wants her to marry a friend

But I don't know
anybody who didn't. - Loving Highsmith

But I don't know anybody who didn't.

(dark music) - Loving Highsmith

It is a cloud of
guilt-feelings in my mother - Loving Highsmith

It is a cloud of guilt-feelings in my mother

(indistinct announcement) - Loving Highsmith

(indistinct announcement)

Do you feel like I do,
that people who write - Loving Highsmith

Do you feel like I do, that people who write

And I was staying in a
hotel, in a hotel room, - Loving Highsmith

And I was staying in a hotel, in a hotel room,

In Positano, in Italy. - Loving Highsmith

In Positano, in Italy.

And I never met the man, - Loving Highsmith

And I never met the man,

(wind blowing) - Loving Highsmith

Homosexuals prefer
one another's company - Loving Highsmith

Homosexuals prefer one another's company

They played all kinds of music.
Disco, tango, whatever. - Loving Highsmith

They played all kinds of music. Disco, tango, whatever.

So, there were youngsters
And then there - Loving Highsmith

So, there were youngsters And then there

A sexual love can
become a religion, - Loving Highsmith

A sexual love can become a religion,

The next morning, I
offered to give her a ride. - Loving Highsmith

The next morning, I offered to give her a ride.

In her wild youth in the United States,
she was the toast - Loving Highsmith

In her wild youth in the United States, she was the toast

If my experience
should be shut off, - Loving Highsmith

If my experience should be shut off,

How did that come out? - Loving Highsmith

How did that come out?

I am trying to think of
how they're related. - Loving Highsmith

I am trying to think of how they're related.

If you find out anything,
in any of this, - Loving Highsmith

If you find out anything, in any of this,

(cheering, applause) - Loving Highsmith

(cheering, applause)

(applause) - Loving Highsmith

My grandmother slept in
a push-up bra and a wig. - Loving Highsmith

My grandmother slept in a push-up bra and a wig.

The entire time that she. . - Loving Highsmith

The entire time that she. .

And my granddad were married. - Loving Highsmith

And my granddad were married.

Granddaddy just thought,
she looked like a million bucks. - Loving Highsmith

Granddaddy just thought, she looked like a million bucks.

You know, for the Coates men, - Loving Highsmith

You know, for the Coates men,

(chatter) - Loving Highsmith

Tabea has bowled me over, - Loving Highsmith

Tabea has bowled me over,

Loving Highsmith poster

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Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Eva Vitija

Writer: Eva Vitija, Andres Veiel, Sabine Gisiger

Production: Ensemble Film,Lichtblick Film,ZDF,ARTE,RSI,SRF,SRG SSR

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $46,172

Released: 07 Apr 2022

Awards: 4 nominations

Homepage: https://www.autlookfilms.com/films/loving-highsmith