Aline & Wolfe

Aline & Wolfe is the sexually-charged tale of writer Thomas Wolfe's tortured, scandalous and obsessive affair with a much older, married New York arts patron, Aline Bernstein, prior to Wolfe’s literary career taking off. His shocking and untimely death at the age of thirty-seven silenced one of America's greatest literary voices leaving Aline reeling from the loss. The film stars Helen Hunt and is directed by Lajos Koltai. Thomas Wolfe was a genius born into a dysfunctional Appalachian family in North Carolina. He moved to New York intent on a career as a playwright and yet was intrigued by the expatriate literary movement in Paris. He spent time traveling Europe, the vagabond a common theme in his life. On his return voyage, he met the...