In addition to Winslet as Miller, the cast includes Alexander Skarsgård as Roland Penrose, Andy Samberg as Life magazine photographer David Scherman, and Marion Cotillard as Solange d’Ayen, Miller’s friend and fashion editor of French Vogue.

As a middle-aged woman, Lee refused to be remembered as a model, covergirl and male artists’ muse (she was the subject of the avant-garde photographer Man Ray ). She defied the expectations and rules of the time and travelled to Europe to report from the frontline. She challenged the patriarchy and paved the way in a male-dominated space.