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Colette

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.

Director

Wash Westmoreland

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

$5,137,622

Production

Number 9 Films,Bold Films,Killer Films

Awards

1 win & 11 nominations

Homepage

https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/colette

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Colette

Keira Knightley

Sido

Willy

Jules

Matilde

Mme. de Caillavet

Count Muffat

MÃ¡tÃ© Haumann

Veber

Schwob

Lotte Kinceler

VirÃ¡g BÃ¡rÃ¡ny

Wague

Opera Singer

Jeanne de Caillavet

Gaston de Caillavet

Bailiff

Rachilde

Ollendorff

Georgie Raoul-Duval

Eleanor Tomlinson

Lily

Waiter

IstvÃ¡n Gyurity

Aspiring Actress

Second Actress (as Alexandra SzÃ¼cs)

Alexandra Szucs

Polaire

Hungarian Countess

Missy

Photographer

Paul HÃ©on

Johnny K. Palmer

Meg

Young Claudine

Sweetheart

NathanaÃ«l Bez

Passer-By (as David Delgado Shorter)

Theatre Manager

Heckler (as Attila Ãrpa)

Second Heckler

Reporter

Peter Schueller

Priest

Secret Lover

Flossy

Caroline Boulton

Polka Dancer

Izzy Bayley-King

Posh Heckler

BalÃ¡zs CsÃ©my

Hero Polka Dancer

Wedding Guest / Polka Dancer

Caroline Garnell

Dancer

Baptiste

Masayoshi Haneda

Gentleman

Michael Hennessy

Funeral Guest / Wedding Guest

French House Worker

Waiting Staff

Peter Sztojanov Jr.

Toby Chien

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Colette Sido Willy

Feisty, opinionated, selfish,
and sensual..." - Colette

Feisty, opinionated, selfish, and sensual..."

"It took an extraordinary man
to define this modern young woman. - Colette

"It took an extraordinary man to define this modern you...

Willy, your book will change the world." - Colette

Willy, your book will change the world."

Look at him. I haven't seen him
that happy in a long time. - Colette

Look at him. I haven't seen him that happy in a long ti...

Well, I have to say, Willy, - Colette

Well, I have to say, Willy,

Of course.
The theater's the next logical step, - Colette

Of course. The theater's the next logical step,

I believe Willy based Claudine
in part on your school days? - Colette

I believe Willy based Claudine in part on your school days?

Well, I'm very glad your experiences
have borne such wonderful fruit. - Colette

Well, I'm very glad your experiences have borne such wo...

Finally we have a success - Colette

Finally we have a success

We've created something really powerful, - Colette

We've created something really powerful,

- Ollendorff is your publisher, Willy.
- Yeah, well, Schwob also said something. - Colette

- Ollendorff is your publisher, Willy. - Yeah, well, Schwob ...

They praise you to your face, - Colette

They praise you to your face,

They praise you to your face Then the moment you turn around there's knives in your back - Colette

They praise you to your face Then the moment you turn around...

Well, I understand it well enough
to write a book that's the toast of Paris. - Colette

Well, I understand it well enough to write a book that'...

I don't know why you're so keen on nature.
Animals are vile to each other. - Colette

I don't know why you're so keen on nature. Animals...

I don't know why you're so keen on nature - Colette

I don't know why you're so keen on nature

Yes, my dear.
Well... that's because they don't speak. - Colette

Yes, my dear. Well... that's because they don't sp...

Or deaf.
Deafened by all this country silence. - Colette

Or deaf. Deafened by all this country silence.

Claudine in Paris. - Colette

Claudine in Paris.

Well, it's actually quite difficult
to write out here... alone. - Colette

Well, it's actually quite difficult to write out here.....

Do you realize how rare this moment is?
When people are begging for more? - Colette

Do you realize how rare this moment is? When people are begg...

What would the headmaster do
if Claudine had not done her homework? - Colette

What would the headmaster do if Claudine had not done her ho...

Make her do lines.
Put her over his knee and tan her hide. - Colette

Make her do lines. Put her over his knee and tan her hide.

Willy! Willy, you bastard! - Colette

Willy! Willy, you bastard!

You arrogant bastard! Let me out! - Colette

You arrogant bastard! Let me out!

Open the door! Let me out! - Colette

Open the door! Let me out!

Tell me, how many people
in this park right now - Colette

Tell me, how many people in this park right now

Monsieur Willy, Madame Colette,
I have a note for you. - Colette

Monsieur Willy, Madame Colette, I have a note for you.

Please thank your mistress
and say we accept the invitation - Colette

Please thank your mistress and say we accept the invitation

She's a... wayward debutante
from Louisiana - Colette

She's a... wayward debutante from Louisiana

- Well, they sound dull.
- He is, but she's anything but. - Colette

- Well, they sound dull. - He is, but she's anything bu...

Then Madame de Caillavet
happened to mention - Colette

Then Madame de Caillavet happened to mention

"Forgive me, madam," he replied, - Colette

"Forgive me, madam," he replied,

Is the evening over already?
I can't bear it. - Colette

Is the evening over already? I can't bear it.

I'm sorry, ma'am, - Colette

I'm sorry, ma'am,

Well... I live at 74 rue Goethe, - Colette

Well... I live at 74 rue Goethe,

Yes, I hope so,
before my bore of a husband returns. - Colette

Yes, I hope so, before my bore of a husband returns.

Well, au revoir. - Colette

Well, au revoir.

You can comfort yourself knowing
that I will be at home lying in bed, - Colette

You can comfort yourself knowing that I will be at home lyin...

I remember in Claudine at School - Colette

I remember in Claudine at School

When I was a girl, I was told that all
the lakes in Louisiana have alligators, - Colette

When I was a girl, I was told that all the lakes in Louisian...

When you raise your eyelids it's as if you are taking off all my clothes - Colette

When you raise your eyelids it's as if you are taking...

Don't look away. Look at me. - Colette

Don't look away. Look at me.

Well, don't tell me, I'll...
I'll wait to read about it - Colette

Well, don't tell me, I'll... I'll wait to rea...

- How was your meeting at the bank?
- It was good. Yeah, it was good. - Colette

- How was your meeting at the bank? - It was good. Yeah, it ...

Blue cigar smoke hung in the air. - Colette

Blue cigar smoke hung in the air.

I shall always remember
her lily-white face decomposing, - Colette

I shall always remember her lily-white face decomposing,

- It's good.
- I know. - Colette

- It's good. - I know.

I'd suggest you change the line
where Renaud says, - Colette

I'd suggest you change the line where Renaud says,

I don't know, something like,
"Why, my dear, we were waiting for you." - Colette

I don't know, something like, "Why, my dear, we we...

I mean, it's acceptable
for Claudine to sleep with Rezi, - Colette

I mean, it's acceptable for Claudine to sleep with Rezi...

And Renaud would never be jealous if,
for example, - Colette

And Renaud would never be jealous if, for example,

The hand that holds the pen writes history - Colette

The hand that holds the pen writes history

It's not blatantly obvious who's who.
The names have been changed. - Colette

It's not blatantly obvious who's who. The names ha...

Everyone's chattering about it, saying
it will be salacious in the extreme. - Colette

Everyone's chattering about it, saying it will be salac...

I know that you have no time
for me since our separation, - Colette

I know that you have no time for me since our separation,

You had your chance to be decent, - Colette

You had your chance to be decent,

Ollendorff has agreed to a lump sum - Colette

Ollendorff has agreed to a lump sum

And like a true French heroine, - Colette

And like a true French heroine,

I said it would be a "hot book." - Colette

I said it would be a "hot book."

So it was simply a question
of trotting along to the next publisher, - Colette

So it was simply a question of trotting along to the next pu...

That cuckolded millionaire and
his voracious wife didn't stand a chance. - Colette

That cuckolded millionaire and his voracious wife didn'...

We've got the wind under our wings
and I have a little plan to turn Claudine - Colette

We've got the wind under our wings and I have a little ...

Look at her, she's...
She instinctively knows the role. - Colette

Look at her, she's... She instinctively knows the role.

It's strange. She's started copying
my gestures and mannerisms. - Colette

It's strange. She's started copying my gestures an...

Yeah, well, that was 19th-century
Claudine. This is now. - Colette

Yeah, well, that was 19th-century Claudine. This is now.

Just think of it, you and Polaire.
The Claudine twins. - Colette

Just think of it, you and Polaire. The Claudine twins.

- Paris would be all atwitter.
- No, not in a thousand years. - Colette

- Paris would be all atwitter. - No, not in a thousand years...

Of all my novels, this was the one
that would translate to the theater. - Colette

Of all my novels, this was the one that would translate to t...

But now you're such a celebrity, - Colette

But now you're such a celebrity,

Descended from Empress Josephine
on one side, - Colette

Descended from Empress Josephine on one side,

That's how she gets away
with the trousers, even in public. - Colette

That's how she gets away with the trousers, even in pub...

The father, the mother, and the daughter. - Colette

The father, the mother, and the daughter.

♪ Claudine, she is a Midas minx ♪ - Colette

♪ Claudine, she is a Midas minx ♪

But seriously,
you've done something important. - Colette

But seriously, you've done something important.

All those young girls
between girlhood and womanhood, - Colette

All those young girls between girlhood and womanhood,

I hope the path we walked today
was merely the beginning. - Colette

I hope the path we walked today was merely the beginning.

Oh, well, it's something
I've been talking about with Christian. - Colette

Oh, well, it's something I've been talking about w...

Just an idea right now.
We're thinking of calling it Flesh. - Colette

Just an idea right now. We're thinking of calling it Fl...

- That's right.
- I shall probably not die there. - Colette

- That's right. - I shall probably not die there.

- You were married once, weren't you?
- Yes, and it was awful. - Colette

- You were married once, weren't you? - Yes, and it was...

We don't talk anymore,
except through the auspices of lawyers. - Colette

We don't talk anymore, except through the auspices of l...

If he was married to me,
what does that say about him? - Colette

If he was married to me, what does that say about him?

- Putting on trousers, I mean.
- No, it was entirely natural. - Colette

- Putting on trousers, I mean. - No, it was entirely natural...

I was a rather awkward child, - Colette

I was a rather awkward child,

I never felt like I belonged, - Colette

I never felt like I belonged,

Of course, it's far easier for me
than for a woman of no means, - Colette

Of course, it's far easier for me than for a woman of n...

- What about me?
- Well, I dress as a man. - Colette

- What about me? - Well, I dress as a man.

Willy's demanding, yes,
but he also gives me a lot of freedom. - Colette

Willy's demanding, yes, but he also gives me a lot of f...

That's out of the question.
Ollendorff would never agree to it. - Colette

That's out of the question. Ollendorff would never agre...

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Wash Westmoreland

Writer: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Production: Number 9 Films,Bold Films,Killer Films

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $5,137,622

Released: 09 Jan 2019

Awards: 1 win & 11 nominations

Homepage: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/colette

Also watch: Alone in Berlin, One True Thing, Paradise Lost, The Phantom of the Opera, The Escape, Mao's Last Dancer, The Seagull, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, Lez Bomb, Devil's Pond, Astral, Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Comanche Station