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Colette

The hand that holds the pen writes history

Colette: [quoting Willy back to him] The hand that holds the pen writes history

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The hand that holds the pen writes history
Duration
4 seconds
Views
144
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:34
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Number 9 Films,Bold Films,Killer Films

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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.
It's not blatantly obvious who's who. The names have been changed. - Colette 00:04
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 00:05
Everyone's chattering about it, saying it will be salac...
I know that you have no time for me since our separation, - Colette 00:06
I know that you have no time for me since our separation,
You had your chance to be decent, - Colette 00:05
You had your chance to be decent,
Ollendorff has agreed to a lump sum - Colette 00:05
Ollendorff has agreed to a lump sum
And like a true French heroine, - Colette 00:05
And like a true French heroine,
I said it would be a "hot book." - Colette 00:11
I said it would be a "hot book."
So it was simply a question of trotting along to the next publisher, - Colette 00:08
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 00:05
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 00:07
We've got the wind under our wings and I have a little ...
Look at her, she's... She instinctively knows the role. - Colette 00:04
Look at her, she's... She instinctively knows the role.
It's strange. She's started copying my gestures and mannerisms. - Colette 00:06
It's strange. She's started copying my gestures an...
Yeah, well, that was 19th-century Claudine. This is now. - Colette 00:04
Yeah, well, that was 19th-century Claudine. This is now.
Just think of it, you and Polaire. The Claudine twins. - Colette 00:04
Just think of it, you and Polaire. The Claudine twins.
- Paris would be all atwitter. - No, not in a thousand years. - Colette 00:04
- 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 00:04
Of all my novels, this was the one that would translate to t...
But now you're such a celebrity, - Colette 00:05
But now you're such a celebrity,
Descended from Empress Josephine on one side, - Colette 00:05
Descended from Empress Josephine on one side,
That's how she gets away with the trousers, even in public. - Colette 00:04
That's how she gets away with the trousers, even in pub...
The father, the mother, and the daughter. - Colette 00:04
The father, the mother, and the daughter.