6080yyLovingHighsmithisauniquelookatthelifeofcelebratedAmericanauthorPatriciaHighsmith.Thefilm’snarrativeisbasedontheunpublisheddiariesofthebestsellingnovelist.Focusingonherquestforidentityandhertroubledlovelife,thefilmshedsnewlightonherwriting.Family,friends,herownvoiceandbeautifullyinterweavedarchivematerialdrawavividportraitofoneofthemostprolificfemaleauthorstodate.Highsmithwroteover22novels,manywereadaptedtothebigscreen:bestknownareStrangersonaTrain,adaptedbyAlfredHitchock,TheTalentedMr.RipleyadaptedforthescreenbyRenéClément,WimWendersandAnthonyMinghella,andCarol,apartlyautobiographicnovelonalesbianlovestory,byToddHaynes.