LovingHighsmithisauniquelookatthelifeofcelebratedAmericanauthorPatriciaHighsmith.Thefilm’snarrativeisbasedontheunpublisheddiariesofthebestsellingnovelist.Focusingonherquestforidentityandhertroubledlovelifethefilmshedsnewlightonherwriting.Familyfriendsherownvoiceandbeautifullyinterweavedarchivematerialdrawavividportraitofoneofthemostprolificfemaleauthorstodate.Highsmithwroteover22novelsmanywereadaptedtothebigscreen:bestknownareStrangersonaTrainadaptedbyAlfredHitchockTheTalentedMr.RipleyadaptedforthescreenbyRenéClémentWimWendersandAnthonyMinghellaandCarolapartlyautobiographicnovelonalesbianlovestorybyToddHaynes.