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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.

6.8

1h 46m

2018

“Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Marielle Heller

Trailer

DramaCrimeComedy

new york citybased on novel or bookcatbiographybased on true storyauthoralcoholicwoman directorforgeryfemale writer

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Cast & Crew

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

as Lee Israel

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

as Jack Hock

Dolly Wells

Dolly Wells

as Anna

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone

as Alan Schmidt

Gregory Korostishevsky

Gregory Korostishevsky

as Andrei

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin

as Marjorie

Stephen Spinella

Stephen Spinella

as Paul

Christian Navarro

Christian Navarro

as Kurt

Pun Bandhu

Pun Bandhu

as Agent Doyle

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