
Colette
3.1
(488)
Drama
History
2018
112 min
R
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 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. She 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.
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"🌟7/10🌟 Fascinating movie about the most celebrated #female_author in the history of #FrenchLit. It’s total 💯GIRL POWER‼️💥 First, she was a #ghostwriter for her husband & their collection of novels became runaway #bestsellers, but when he proved to be a self-serving, egotistical jerk, she finally broke out on her own & fought for creative ownership.
▪️Also of note: Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella #Gigi which was the basis for the 1958 film & the 1973 stage production. ▪️Also, on a more “scandalous” note, apparently both she & her husband each had their own extramarital liaisons, but unknowingly even shared a lover, as seen in this film. #LGBTQ
Another interesting tidbit I noticed here in this #VictorianEra #periodpiece is that Collette gave us “Nipplegate” long before it was ever conceived by Janet Jackson & JT 😳 … Oops, my bad, that was “accidental,” or a “wardrobe malfunction,” right? 🙄 😉 "
"I'll give this a thumbs up; HOWEVER, a certain character in here just INFURIATED me (yuck)!!! & a 2nd character did too actually, at first... Just watch it & you'll know who I'm speaking of... Starts off in 1892, etc. After watching, I found the books on Amazon, but if you haven't read the books yet don't go there until AFTER you see this movie as could spoil things."