Leonie
2010
Action / Biography / Drama

Leonie
2010
Action / Biography / Drama
Plot summary
In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true life story of Leonie Gilmour (Emily Mortimer), whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A tender and inspiring story of a remarkable woman who nurtures the amazing artistic talent of her son who has only one way to succeed and one person to guide him, as he grows into the world renown artist, Isamu Noguchi.
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A strong mother and a future Artist son in a tough world.
Leonie Gilmour made some bad choices
Leonie (2010) was directed by Hisako Matsui. The film was based on a book written by Masayo Duus about a woman named Leonie Gilmour.
Emily Mortimer portrays Gilmour. Her partner, Yone Noguchi is played by Shidô Nakamura.
Emily Mortimer is a skilled and charming actor. The screenplay apparently reflects Leonie's life accurately. (Obviously, I'm not an expert, but from what I can learn, it's a solid biography.)
The problem is that the film represents Gilmour's complex life history. It's interesting, but the movie implies that her great achievement was to give birth to a gifted son, the artist Isamu Noguchi. Still, the movie was titled Leonie, not Isamu, and it just didn't work for me.
Leonie has a very low IMDb rating of 6.1. I thought that Emily Mortimer's performance was so strong that I bumped my rating up to 7.