Colette (2018)
Rating: 6.9/10
Duration: 112 min
Director(s): Wash Westmoreland,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Keira Knightley as Colette
- Dominic West as Willy
- Fiona Shaw as Sido
- Rebecca Root as Rachilde
- Ray Panthaki as Veber
- Eleanor Tomlinson as Georgie Raoul-Duval
- Denise Gough as Missy
- Robert Pugh as Jules
- Máté Haumann as Count Muffat
- Jake Graf as Gaston De Caillavet
- Dickie Beau as Wague
- Polina Litvak as Lily
- Karen Gagnon as Aspiring Actress
- Katinka Egres as Hungarian Countess
- Alexis Latham as Second Heckler