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Narrative
Leonard Fife (Richard Gere), an ailing and passionate filmmaker who feels his age and illness have made him angry, wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it’s too late. As an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, he has much to be proud of, but his decision to avoid the Vietnam War draft and his past relationships hide thorny truths. Leonard decides to finally reveal the truth and lies of his life and career, and sits down for an extensive filmed interview with his former student Malcolm (Michael Imperioli), and comes forward with candid stories about his younger self (Jacob Elordi) in the troubled 1960s and beyond. At Leonard’s insistence, his wife and indispensable companion, Emma (Uma Thurman), listens to it all. Leonard’s successes are contrasted with his failures, the lies with the facts, and as the whole man is cleansed of myth, Leonard must confront what remains.