Colette (2018)
Director:
Wash Westmoreland
Tagline:
« History is about to change. »
Actors:
Colette
Sido
Willy
Jules
Matilde
Rating:
(28’277 votes)
(28’277 votes)
Quotes:
« Colette: [from trailer] My name is Gabrielle Colette and the hand that holds the pen writes history.
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« Colette: [quoting Willy back to him] The hand that holds the pen writes history.
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« Colette: Did you ever feel like you were playing a part, Sido?
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« Sido: In what way?
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« Colette: As a wife. Or a mother. Like you were just going through with it.
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« Sido: Sometimes, as a wife. Never as a mother.
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Trailer:
Colette
Runtime:111 minutes
Plots:
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
After marrying successful Parisian writer Henry Gauthier-Villars, known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) 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. Colette, in turn, 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. Colette’s fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing literature, fashion and sexual expression.
