'Based upon a Life': The Biopic Genre in Question"

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’Based upon a Life’: The Biopic Genre in Question”

Delphine Letort, Taïna Tuhkunen

To cite this version:

Delphine Letort, Taïna Tuhkunen. ’Based upon a Life’: The Biopic Genre in Question”. Revue LISA

/ LISA e-journal, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2016, 34 (2), Non spécifié. �hal-02616648�

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