Colette

Movie

2018

1h 52m

English

Drama, History

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6.9

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Colette

Movie

2018

1h 52m

English

Drama, History

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After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

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Cast

Colette

Willy

Missy

Sido

Jules

Georgie Raoul-Duval

Veber

Wague

Gaston De Caillavet

Lily

Rachilde

Count Muffat

Aspiring Actress

Hungarian Countess

Second Heckler

Heckler

Reporter

Flossy

Baptiste (uncredited)

Scott Alexander Young

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Ollendorff

Schwob

Polaire

Lotte Kinceler

Meg

Directed By: Wash Westmoreland

Written By: Richard Glatzer (Screenplay), Wash Westmoreland (Screenplay), + 1 more

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notyourhijabi says...

6 years ago

Loved it, but couldn't help but feel Keira Knightley ended up carrying the film solely on her shoulders. Could've been more~~

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NancyLDraper@gmail.com says...

2 years ago

I’m ashamed to say that even with a honours undergrad degree in Literature and Theatre, I only had a dim recollection that there was a Colette in French literature. So, in many ways, this was an introduction to her. I’m sure that those steeped in her works might feel it glossed over her achievements or her talent, but for my novice exposure it was a solid base line. Keira Knightley played the scope of her ages well and Dominic West was convincing as a man who revelled in being the icon of an age no matter the cost to others. Today, he would have been seen as a pedophile, taking Colette in her early adolescent and recreating the experience with the girls who identified as the schoolgirl Claudine. I give this film an 8 (very good) out of 10. [Historical Drama]

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Saint Pauly says...

6 years ago

What could be more exciting than a biopic about a controversial female writer which includes bisexuality, feminism and transsexuality? Sadly, not this film. _Colette_, starring a competent Keira Knightley, takes all the fascinating aspects of the early years of France's most famous female writer and glosses over them in a terribly generic way. If you had sex with this _Colette_ movie, it would be in the missionary position with the lights out and without one gasp of pleasure or drop of sweat. _Colette_, a film about a French icon filmed entirely in English, is a watered down absinthe served in a neighborhood pub where they don't really serve absinthe. The good news is, I'm the only critic who feels this way about this one, so if you're at all interested in this film please see it and feel free to mock me incessantly.

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ldjb says...

6 years ago

I really liked _Colette_, which was also based on true events. It's about the French novelist Colette (Keira Knightley) who in the early 1900s was forced to write by her controlling husband, who took credit for her work. Her journey from a humble background to being an author and so on, as well as how she changed as a person was really quite fascinating.

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dgw

8/10 6 years ago

Going to see this tonight was honestly a bit of a dart-throw. It happened to be one of the films at the local cinema, starting shortly after the time when we said, "Hey, let's go see a movie." Sometimes, choosing a picture at random works out nicely.

_Colette_ is a nice ride. I can More

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