The Invented Biography
2018, French. Directed by Nicolás Lasnibat.
This film follows Arturo Belano, alter ego of the writer Roberto Bolaño, shared with his creator a great part of his biography. The director searches for him in places where his stories and novels occur, meeting with real and imaginary characters, in a territory where reality and fiction have a diffuse frontier. A new form of literary biopic, where the writer and his character turn into one and only person.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 21 August 2018
- Original title
- La Biographie Inventée
- Country
- Chile, France, Mexico
- Written by
- Nicolás Lasnibat
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The Invented Biography runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Which OTT platform is The Invented Biography on?
The Invented Biography isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 August 2018. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Invented Biography?
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Who directed The Invented Biography?
The Invented Biography (2018) was directed by Nicolás Lasnibat and stars Amparo Noguera, Anne Alvaro, Carla Rippey.