7.3 Score

2018 • 1h 52min • R • Drama, History

Colette

"History is about to change"

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.

IMDb 6.7

RT 88%

MC 74

Director

Wash Westmoreland

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Keira Knightley

Colette

Dominic West

Willy

Denise Gough

Missy

Fiona Shaw

Sido

Robert Pugh

Jules

Eleanor Tomlinson

Georgie Raoul-Duval

Ray Panthaki

Veber

Dickie Beau

Wague

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Keira Knightley Colette

Dominic West Willy

Denise Gough Missy

Fiona Shaw Sido

Robert Pugh Jules

Eleanor Tomlinson Georgie Raoul-Duval

Ray Panthaki Veber

Dickie Beau Wague

Jake Graf Gaston De Caillavet

Polina Litvak Lily

Rebecca Root Rachilde

Máté Haumann Count Muffat

Karen Gagnon Aspiring Actress

Katinka Egres Hungarian Countess

Alexis Latham Second Heckler

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