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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

Tetette, do you really want
to kill the goose - Colette

Tetette, do you really want to kill the goose

And... most people know, or they suspect. - Colette

And... most people know, or they suspect.

- That's not fair, Willy.
- Look, we can't risk it, - Colette

- That's not fair, Willy. - Look, we can't risk it...

And you, with your funny clothes - Colette

And you, with your funny clothes

- I need my name on the book. - No. Willy is a brand.

You fat, smug, lazy, selfish bastard. - Colette

You fat, smug, lazy, selfish bastard.

So if you can't pull it off as high art, - Colette

So if you can't pull it off as high art,

He does the movements with me.
He's rather good. - Colette

He does the movements with me. He's rather good.

Do you know, Wague thinks that I'll be
ready to go on the stage in a few weeks. - Colette

Do you know, Wague thinks that I'll be ready to go on t...

I have to agree with Monsieur Willy,
ma'am. It's not very ladylike. - Colette

I have to agree with Monsieur Willy, ma'am. It's n...

So you and the marquise prance
around the studio - Colette

So you and the marquise prance around the studio

I've had an idea.
It'll be called The Dream of Egypt. - Colette

I've had an idea. It'll be called The Dream of Egy...

A scandalous sensation
starring Madame Colette Willy and... - Colette

A scandalous sensation starring Madame Colette Willy and...

- We do perfectly well with the cancan.
- I've seen it half empty on a weeknight. - Colette

- We do perfectly well with the cancan. - I've seen it ...

Meg. You look beautiful. - Colette

Meg. You look beautiful.

The people
who threw things tonight are cowards, - Colette

The people who threw things tonight are cowards,

I will continue to pursue this
because I want to, - Colette

I will continue to pursue this because I want to,

Your father was an old soldier.
A good, solid man. - Colette

Your father was an old soldier. A good, solid man.

Gabri...
you have to use your own gifts. - Colette

Gabri... you have to use your own gifts.

I'm going on tour, Sido,
with Wague for the next six months. - Colette

I'm going on tour, Sido, with Wague for the next six mo...

We had a cancellation in Limoges
next week, so I've got four days off. - Colette

We had a cancellation in Limoges next week, so I've got...

You don't even need to earn your own money
or stay in places like this. - Colette

You don't even need to earn your own money or stay in p...

We could write a completely fresh story.
Claudine by the Sea. - Colette

We could write a completely fresh story. Claudine by the Sea...

Your ambiguous smile,
your lightning intelligence, - Colette

Your ambiguous smile, your lightning intelligence,

- Is everything all right?
- There's something weighing on my mind. - Colette

- Is everything all right? - There's something weighing...

I mean, we sleep, but... I can't... - Colette

I mean, we sleep, but... I can't...

- Madame Willy.
- Monsieur Ollendorff. Hello. - Colette

- Madame Willy. - Monsieur Ollendorff. Hello.

I'm here in Lille on some family business - Colette

I'm here in Lille on some family business

I was thinking if you were free, - Colette

I was thinking if you were free,

After all the money you've made for me.
And will continue to make. - Colette

After all the money you've made for me. And will contin...

I am most insulted
by the implication of your letter. - Colette

I am most insulted by the implication of your letter.

I wouldn't have got anything for Veber's
or Schwob's or anyone else's. - Colette

I wouldn't have got anything for Veber's or Schwob...

- Now, please, calm down.
- Why? Why should I calm down? - Colette

- Now, please, calm down. - Why? Why should I calm down?

Oh you hurt and you hurt and you hurt - Colette

Oh you hurt and you hurt and you hurt

Now we'll have no say over our books - Colette

Now we'll have no say over our books

You're overreacting This was purely a business decision - Colette

You're overreacting This was purely a business decision

Don't tell me what Claudine was. - Colette

Don't tell me what Claudine was.

Everything I thought and felt
went into those books. - Colette

Everything I thought and felt went into those books.

My childhood, my memories, my opinions. - Colette

My childhood, my memories, my opinions.

And when I think of the hours
I spent alone, - Colette

And when I think of the hours I spent alone,

Churning out scenes
just to try and please you, - Colette

Churning out scenes just to try and please you,

You found me when I knew nothing - Colette

You found me when I knew nothing

After two years of music hall
and theater, I'm still the same... - Colette

After two years of music hall and theater, I'm still th...

Yes this is the dangerous lucid hour - Colette

Yes this is the dangerous lucid hour

Now, whenever I despair, - Colette

Now, whenever I despair,

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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

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