Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.
DramaCrimeComedynew york citybased on novel or bookcatbiographybased on true storyauthoralcoholicwoman directorcuriousforgeryfemale writer
A darkly comic character study of a washed-up writer who turns to forgery out of desperation, balancing sharp wit with genuine pathos about artistic obsolescence and moral compromise.
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
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