Les 5 et 6 novembre 2024, 200 élèves du lycée ont assisté à la projection du film d’Ellen Kuras « Lee » en version originale avec Kate Winslet dans le rôle principal.
Inspiré de la vie de la photojournaliste américaine Lee Miller, ils ont découvert son travail pendant la seconde guerre mondiale de Londres à Saint Malo, de Paris au camp de Dachau. Les archives retrouvées par son fils Antony Penrose ont levé le voile sur l’histoire peu connue de cet ancien mannequin de Vogue, égérie et assistante de Man Ray qui a été la première femme à photographier l’innommable des camps nazis.
Voici leur revue de presse et quelques témoignages de leur scène préférée……… in English of course…
Kim
In the movie, a particularly moving scene occurs when Lee Miller enters a recently liberated concentration camp near the end of World War II. Armed with her camera, she confronts the unspeakable horrors of the site. As she documents the devastating scenes — abandoned personal belongings, the hollow expressions of survivors — her emotional conflict becomes evident. Her face conveys a combination of professional resolve and personal anguish, embodying the tension between her duty to capture the truth and the overwhelming pain of bearing witness. The scene highlights not just the historical significance of her photography but also the emotional toll it exacts on her as an individual. The power of this moment lies in its juxtaposition: the cold, factual reality of the images she takes against the deep humanity she struggles to retain. It’s a defining moment that underscores both the cost and the necessity of documenting such truths. This scene stood out to me for its raw emotional power and its relevance today. It reminds us how important it is to confront uncomfortable truths, even when doing so feels unbearable. Kate Winslet’s performance captures both strength and vulnerability, making this moment unforgettable and deeply inspiring .
Sasha
The scene that marked me is one of the scenes from the beginning when Lee is with her friends in France the day after she first meets her future husband. We see Lee joining her friends and they start talking, laughing and joking around we can clearly see how joyful they all are and this is why I choose this scene, because it shows the happiness of people that will later lose it because of the war. For me it symbolizes the fact that we should enjoy what we have more because we don’t know what the future is made of. This scene shows the privilege we have to live in a country at peace without any war.
Jeanne
The scene that I most prefered in the Lee Miller movie was the scene where she asks her friend David Sherman to take a picture of her naked in Hitler’s bathroom. It marked me because of its significance. There are mostly three symbols that I remember. The first one is the bath mat getting dirty because of the muddy boots she wore that symbolize the war. Then, there is also the shower in which she takes the picture that refers to the gaz chambre used by the Nazis during the war. She clearly denounces the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the conflict. Finally, the portrait of Hitler behind her that shows us a powerless Hitler that can just watch a naked woman in his own bathtub without the possibility of doing anything. This act is a last provocation and a last humiliation to Hitler that had just committed suicide at the time. The fact that Lee Miller and her friend stayed several days in his house may seem weird but I find it brave. It shows us the complex and brave woman Lee Miller was. Now that Hitler was dead, she had all her reasons to go back to England and find a normal life again but she decided to stay in order to do this last act and this last provocation. Maybe it was her way to pay tribute to the victims of the war.
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