--- title: 'Based on a True Story (2017)' type: 'film' director: 'Roman Polanski' released: '2017-01-01' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'France' - 'Belgium' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/based-on-a-true-story-2017' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5893264/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Based on a True Story (2017) 2017 · 110 min · Drama, Thriller · France, Belgium Original title: D'après une histoire vraie ## Synopsis Based on a True Story is a 2017 French-language psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay was written by Polanski and Olivier Assayas, adapted from the novel of the same name by Delphine de Vigan. It was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It became a box-office bomb, grossing $3.9 million worldwide against a production budget of €12.96 million. ## Credits - **Director:** [Roman Polanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-polanski) - **Screenplay:** [Roman Polanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-polanski), [Olivier Assayas](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-assayas) - **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat) - **Director of Photography:** [Paweł Edelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pawe-edelman) ## Cast - [Brigitte Roüan](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-rouan) - [Damien Bonnard](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-bonnard) - [Élisabeth Quin](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-quin) - [Josée Dayan](https://cinepixo.com/people/josee-dayan) - [Emmanuelle Seigner](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-seigner) - [Vincent Perez](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-perez) - [Eva Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-green) - [Dominique Pinon](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-pinon) - [Noémie Lvovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/noemie-lvovsky) - [Camille Chamoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-chamoux) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/based-on-a-true-story-2017 Film facts: Wikidata (Q29582805); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.