Beloved Infidel

Beloved Infidel

The bitter-sweet love affair of the East End orphan girl who became the friend of the famous.

1959123 min6.0 / 10

A bittersweet period romance tracing the passionate but ultimately destructive affair between a gossip columnist and a fading literary giant, caught between ambition and decline.

In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the two begin a torrid affair. Scott laments that his writing has fallen out of fashion, and when he is fired from his screenwriting position, he begins drinking heavily. Soon his intrusive, volatile behavior threatens their relationship and Sheilah's career.

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