Member Screening: Colette
Description
After marrying a successful Parisian man of letters known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) 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 brazen country girl named Claudine, that becomes a bestseller and a cultural sensation. Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris, and their adventures go on to inspire additional Claudine novels. Colette’s subsequent fight over the creative ownership of these books defies gender roles and drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing literature, fashion and sexual expression.
Film Details
Year 2018
Runtime 112
Country UK
Director Wash Westmoreland
Producer Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters
Writer Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Editor Lucia Zucchetti
Cinematographer Giles Nuttens
Music Thomas Adès
Cast Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh, Sloan Thompson