true-life
Adjective
Meaning
true-life (not comparable)
Based on fact; real, true.
Synonyms
Examples
In the 2016 feature film directed by Mira Nair about the true-life story of chess prodigy Phiona Mutsei, Waliwa earned her only film credit staring as the protagonist's friend, Gloria.
“Lagos Real Fake Life” is a true-life comedy movie that showcases the realistic and so so fake lifestyle of some people who reside in, or even visit Lagos.
In one of the few films that Schrader directed but did not write, tells the true-life account of the American socialite kidnapped by revolutionaries during the 1970s.
A true-life rags-to-riches story, chronicles Regina’s rising above her past, while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together through it all.
On a double bill with the film is the (now) much less well-known true-life adventure, Charlie the Lonesome Cougar.
Quint was an entirely fictional character, but he told the true-life tale well.