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Photography has allowed us to see historical events first-hand. In war, it has been an important factor in recreating an idea of what that experience was like. If we add moving images to this, we can be in the war zone in the foreground. This is what motivated me to watch Lee, a film that tells the story of photographer Elizabeth (Lee) Miller, who was a fashion model and became a war correspondent for Vogue magazine during the Second World War. She used her influence in the fashion world to raise a silent but powerful cry about the horrors of war, fighting a real battle to get her photographs published, capturing the truth through the lens of her camera.

I started watching the film without any expectations. I knew I would like it because it was about war and photography, and it was a story unlike any other. What's more, it is based on a true story, as it draws on the anecdotes and memories of Elizabeth (Lee) Miller, which she recounts in an interview when she was older, and her story is told through flashbacks. As she tells her story, the interviewer becomes more important, and it is only at the end that I realise who he is and what he means to this elderly woman.

It was very interesting to see the transformation of a person when she observes harsh things, and the protagonist Elizabeth, played by Kate Winslet, knew how to express those emotions, that the more sensitive she was on the inside, the tougher she appeared on the outside. What struck me most about the character was her passion for showing things as she saw them, raw, difficult, heartbreaking, but true, full of truth, at the expense of her own life and integrity. I felt a lot of anxiety and distress about the places she got herself into, the risks she took and exposed herself to for a photograph. She wasn't looking for fame or recognition, she just wanted the truth to come out. She only half succeeded in her own time, but many years later, through this interview, the missing images came out and she received the recognition she had been denied.

Elizabeth was passionate about photography and, despite being in armed conflicts and war zones, she had time for love and enjoyed sex when she wanted and how she could. She fell deeply in love, but she loved herself more, as she should! She left her partner to follow her heart and continue her mission as a war correspondent. In the end, true love never dies.

Of the whole plot of the film, what impresses me most is her change from model to war correspondent. I found the action scenes and special effects to be of high quality. Most of the film takes place in a war zone, and they took care to include elements that mark the difference in time when the events took place, but they preserve the freshness of cinema in some scenes with modern colours and nuances. This film was released in 2023, so it is not that old. Its genre is biographical, drama, war, and history. I found it very entertaining, and it touched my heartstrings in scenes that were well done for that purpose and will remain in my memory for a long time. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it, and if you have, please share your thoughts with me. Thank you for being here and for existing.