Directed by:
Justin KellyCinematography:
Bobby BukowskiComposer:
Tim KvasnoskyCast:
Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Courtney Love, James Jagger, Will Woytowich, Alicia Johnston (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Laura Albert (Laura Dern) writes tough, insightful fiction under a pseudonym, JT LeRoy. Her JT is not just a pen name but a whole persona, a teenage boy from West Virginia living a dangerous life as a truck stop sex worker. Laura was born in Brooklyn a generation earlier, and grew up in New York's punk scene. Writing books such as The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things as JT gives her complete freedom to explore the darker regions of human experience. Readers love it. The media loves it. They love it so much that they begin to demand JT in person. As journalists press for interviews with JT, turmoil mounts with Laura's husband Geoffrey (Jim Sturgess) and sister-in-law Savannah (Kristen Stewart). Partly from desperation, partly for kicks, they conspire to have Savannah don a wig and sunglasses, adjust her voice, and become the teenage boy author. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Kristen Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/994/163994895_b6c176.jpg)
Kristen Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Still Alice (2014)
Speak (2004)
![Laura Dern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/702/163702224_9c33f2.jpg)
Laura Dern
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
A Perfect World (1993)
Blue Velvet (1986)
![Diane Kruger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/439/166439380_597823.jpg)
Diane Kruger
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Merry Christmas (2005)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
![Jim Sturgess](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/783/160783725_4406b1.jpg)
Jim Sturgess
UK
Best movies:
The Best Offer (2013)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
![Kelvin Harrison Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/612/168612719_4df2ya.jpg)
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
USA
Best movies:
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Glory (2016)
Roots (2016) (series)
![Courtney Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/969/162969105_ee6cd9.png)
Courtney Love
USA
Best movies:
Man on the Moon (1999)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Basquiat (1996)
![James Jagger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/688/165688826_c08c2e.jpg)
James Jagger
USA
Best movies:
Vinyl (2016) (series)
Mr. Nice (2010)
The Outpost (2019)
Will Woytowich
Canada
Best movies:
Capote (2005)
The Good Life (2007)
Fractured (2019)
Alicia Johnston
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
A Dog's Purpose (2017)
The Good Life (2007)
David Lawrence Brown
Best movies:
X-Men (2000)
Charlie Bartlett (2007)
Ordinary Angels (2024)
Adam Hurtig
Best movies:
Nobody (2021)
Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013) (TV movie)
Incident in a Ghostland (2018)
![Guy Maddin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273220_04972a.jpg)
Guy Maddin
Canada
Best movies:
Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1989)
JT LeRoy (2018)
Nostradamus (2000)
![Kristian Jordan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/291/164291832_f3a19e.png)
Kristian Jordan
Best movies:
JT LeRoy (2018)
![Stella Maxwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/322/162322307_c48f7f.jpg)
Stella Maxwell
Belgium
Best movies:
JT LeRoy (2018)
Craig Haas
Canada
Best movies:
Good Boys (2019)
Flora & Ulysses (2021)
JT LeRoy (2018)
Gino Anania
Best movies:
I Still See You (2018)
JT LeRoy (2018)
Dark Harvest (2023)
Micaela Lozano
Mexico
Best movies:
JT LeRoy (2018)
Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022)
Andres Collantes
Best movies:
Five Star Christmas (2020) (TV movie)
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas (2021) (TV movie)
Honor Society (2022)
Aqqalu Meekis
Best movies:
Hyena Road (2015)
I Still See You (2018)
The Stone Angel (2007)
Cheryl Maendel
Best movies:
My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)
JT LeRoy (2018)