ciné à clef

English

Noun

ciné à clef

  1. (rare) A fictional film describing real-life people or events.
    • 1986 February 1, Michael Bronski, “Mock Homage to Fassbinder's Life & Films”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 6:
      Eva is a slightly disguised ciné à clef detailing the ups and downs of working with filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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