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BIOPIC [1 record]

Record 1 2022-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
DEF

A film dramatizing the life of a famous person.

OBS

They differ from films "based on a true story" or "historical films" in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Film illustrant la vie et l'œuvre d'un personnage célèbre.

OBS

film biographique; biofilm : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 27 novembre 2008.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cinematografía
OBS

película biográfica; biopeli; biopic: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el sustantivo adaptado "biopic" es apropiado como equivalente de la expresión "película biográfica". [...] Este término en español proviene del anglicismo "biopic" [...] El Diccionario de la lengua española lo registra [...] como forma adaptada masculina o femenina (el "biopic" o la "biopic"), por lo que no es necesario escribirlo en cursiva ni entrecomillado. Su plural es "biopics". También puede optarse por formas como "biopeli" [...]

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