10 great films based on unfinished books

Adapting an unfinished text means confronting gaps, ambiguities and unrealised intentions. With the acclaimed new film of Lorca’s La bola negra currently in cinemas, we look at 10 films that embrace the challenge, turning incomplete books, plays and memoirs into distinctive cinematic works.

10 great films based on unfinished books
Adapting an unfinished text means confronting gaps, ambiguities and unrealised intentions. With the acclaimed new film of Lorca’s La bola negra currently in cinemas, we look at 10 films that embrace the challenge, turning incomplete books, plays and memoirs into distinctive cinematic works.