J.T. LeRoy

“Based on the incredible true lie.”

5.5/ 10 101 votes 2019-04-26 1h 45m 4 popularity

A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.

Director: Justin Kelly

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Cast

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Kristen Stewart

Savannah Knoop

Laura Dern

Laura Albert

Diane Kruger

Eva

Jim Sturgess

Geoffrey Knoop

Courtney Love

Sasha

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Sean

James Jagger

Ben

Eric Plamondon

Gaspard

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