Becoming Marilyn (2022) - The A.V. Club
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Becoming Marilyn

2022
52m
Documentary
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Cast

Marilyn Monroe (Self - Portrait Subject)Agnès Jaoui (Self - Narratrice)Georgia Scalliet (Self - Voix de Marilyn Monroe)Henriette Schmidt (Self - Voice of Marilyn Monroe)Rahel Comtesse (Self - Narrator)Barbara Bates (Barbara Denham)Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa Lund)Mari BlanchardEric Blore (Mackinaw)Humphrey Bogart (Rick Blaine)

Director

Michèle Dominici

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Synopsis

On the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's passing, this documentary provides a unique portrait of the screen icon from her own perspective. In contrast to the many films made and books written about her, this one offers to give her back her voice, through the interviews she gave, the books she wrote and the fragments she left behind. For the first time, it will be a matter of understanding how Norma Jeane Baker created the iconic Marilyn Monroe. Because Marilyn was not born Marilyn, she became her.

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