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We're slave to our urges. And here in the city
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Colette

We're slave to our urges.And here in the city, - it's perfectly acceptable to...-...

We're slave to our urges.
And here in the city, - it's perfectly acceptable to...
- Nonsense! I don't accept it

Full Transcript

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We're slave to our urges. And here in the city,
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- it's perfectly acceptable to... - Nonsense! I don't accept it.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:19
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Number 9 Films,Bold Films,Killer Films

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Movie Summary

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.
I wait for you all day long - Colette 00:05
I wait for you all day long
And then... and then... when you get into bed, - Colette 00:07
And then... and then... when you get into bed,
I gave up my inheritance for you. My bloody freedom! - Colette 00:04
I gave up my inheritance for you. My bloody freedom!
Mmm, the whiteflies must have got to it, - Colette 00:05
Mmm, the whiteflies must have got to it,
Or a spider. Got a big one dangling in my room. - Colette 00:05
Or a spider. Got a big one dangling in my room.
Did you ever feel like you were playing a part - Colette 00:23
Did you ever feel like you were playing a part
It's just... nothing's how I imagined it. - Colette 00:05
It's just... nothing's how I imagined it.
No one can take away who you are. No one. - Colette 00:05
No one can take away who you are. No one.
Nothing. Nothing. It's just new, that's all. - Colette 00:05
Nothing. Nothing. It's just new, that's all.
Well, life is awful without you. - Colette 00:04
Well, life is awful without you.
It's just dead. I... I don't feel like myself at all. - Colette 00:04
It's just dead. I... I don't feel like myself at a...
You mean more to me than all the women of Paris put together. - Colette 00:05
You mean more to me than all the women of Paris put together...
Words are... deceptive little bastards, - Colette 00:09
Words are... deceptive little bastards,
I can read you like the top line of an optician's chart - Colette 00:06
I can read you like the top line of an optician's chart
One day in winter, when the first snow started, - Colette 00:07
One day in winter, when the first snow started,
As Mademoiselle Terrain was writing on the blackboard, - Colette 00:07
As Mademoiselle Terrain was writing on the blackboard,
Or get another job! Get some other bloody idiot to hire you! - Colette 00:04
Or get another job! Get some other bloody idiot to hire you!
I've got 300 from the Echo, 425 from the latest vamp novel, - Colette 00:07
I've got 300 from the Echo, 425 from the latest vamp no...
- How can we spend so much money? - The mortgage, Matilde, restaurants... - Colette 00:04
- How can we spend so much money? - The mortgage, Matilde, r...
The wolves are at the door. - Colette 00:04
The wolves are at the door.