The independent movie scene has been awash recently with biographical films about people who lived more controversial lives in the past. Behind the Candelabra and The Iceman being two recent examples that have been released detailing the lives of Liberace and Richard Kuklinski respectively, who lived very different lives indeed! After being initially released at the Sundance Film Festival, Lovelace is the biographical film of the life of Linda Lovelace the renowned porn star surprisingly played by Amanda Seyfried.
Linda Lovelace gets under the all-consuming influence of her abusive husband and self-declared manager, Chuck Traynor, who uses all means possible to persuade her to comply with his demands. The fragile woman becomes an infamous porn star, seems to be happy, but eventually breaks free from her husband and discloses the truth in order to prevent other women from getting similarly exploited.
Lovelace is released in the UK on the 23rd August 2013 and a teaser trailer is embedded below:
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