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Colette

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.

Release Date: January 09, 2019

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Wash Westmoreland

Writers: Richard Glatzer

, Wash Westmoreland

, Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Number 9 Films, Killer Films, Bold Films, BFI Film Fund, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Distributor: Amazon Studios

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, Hungary, Belgium

Language: English

Domestic: $ 5,137,622

International: $ 9,135,411

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18 year old 1890s 1900s 19th century 20th century 23 year old 46 year old 46 year old adultery african franco algiers algeria all female orchestra all female orchestra alligator american in paris androgyny ant apology applause argument armoire artist audition autograph backstage bank bankruptcy bare breasts bare chested male barn baron based on real person based on true story bathtub beauty products bed besancon france besancon france best friend best seller betrayal bicycle bisexual lead character bisexual woman bisexuality blackberry bois de boulogne paris booing book book burning book publisher boredom braids branding broke burgundy france burgundy france burial buying a house camera can can the dance can can the dance candelabra candle candy cantomime cantomime cat cemetery challenged to a duel champagne character name as title cheering chestnut tree chestnut tree childhood cigar smoking cigarette cigarette smoking circular staircase clock co written by director controversy copyright corset costume drama country girl countryside coward creative ownership creative ownership creditor cross dresser crutches cuckold dancer dancing death of father death of husband debutante deception desk divorce divorcee dog domineering husband door key door knocker doorbell douglas fir douglas fir dowry drawing dressing room drink drinking eating eating a peach eating in bed eel eferece to the echo the newspaper eferece to the echo the newspaper eiffel tower paris electricity embarrassment ends with biographical notes ends with real life photos entrepreneur erection ex husband ex wife relationship exploitation extramarital affair f rated facial makeup factory falsetto fan fashion father daughter relationship father son relationship female author female female kiss female ghost writer female ghost writer female novelist female nudity female protagonist female writer fight finger in mouth fireplace flirting food food tray footlights france freedom french french army french literature funeral furniture repossession gabrielle sidonie colette character gabrielle sidonie colette character gambling garden gardening gare de lyon paris gare de lyon paris ghost writer gift giving a toast glass etching god goose grave greek haircut hand kissing handwriting henri gauthier villars character henri gauthier villars character hermes hermes high wheeler bicycle high wheeler bicycle horse horse and carriage horse and wagon husband wife relationship hypocrisy infidelity inheritance insect jealousy jodhpurs jodhpurs kiss kiss on the cheek knife knocking on a door large format camera laughter lawyer learning how to pantomine learning how to pantomine leotard lesbian attraction lesbian kiss lesbian relationship lesbian sex letter letter writing libertine lie lighting a cigar lille france lime tree lime tree limoges france literary collaboration literary collaboration literary rights literary rights literary sensation literary sensation literature location in text on screen locked in a room long haired woman looking at oneself in a mirror louche louche louisiana magazine magazine cover maid male soprano male soprano man lifted into the air manuscript marital breakup marital estrangement marital problem marquis marquise de belbeuf character marquise de belbeuf character marriage marseille france memory menage a trois merchandising mime mirror mockery money money troubles money troubles monk montage montigny frace montigny frace mortgage mother daughter embrace mother daughter relationship moulin rouge paris moulin rouge paris murderess music hall music reviewer music reviewer musical quartet musical quartet name calling nickname notebook novel novelist nudity ogre older man younger woman relationship one legged man one word title open marriage orchestra oyster palm reading pantomime paris france park party peasant pen and ink penny farthing bicycle perfume period drama photo shoot photograph photographer pianist piano pipe smoking playwright poet polaire character polaire character pounding on a table pounding on a table powder puff pretentiousness printing press profession of love promise prostitute publisher rain reading a book aloud reading a newspaper reading a newspaper in bed reading a newspaper in bed red dress redhead woman reference to sarah bernhardt reference to the bishop of coutances reference to the bishop of coutances reference to the duke of anjou reference to the duke of anjou reflection in a mirror rehearsal repairing a house repairing a house reporter restaurant return home rhyming riot rue goethe paris rue goethe paris rural setting russian czar russian czar saint sauveur en puisaye burgundy france salon sarcophagus scandal scene during opening credits school uniform seine river sex sex scene short story writer short story writer singer singing sit ups sitting on steps snowball snowglobe soap southern american accent southern american accent spider stupidity surprise talking to a dog teaching someone how to pantomime teaching someone how to pantomime telephone telephone call theater theatre box theatre des bouffes paris theatre des bouffes paris theatrical play throat slitting thunder timeframe 1890s timeframe 1900s timeframe 19th century timeframe 20th century title appears in writing title spoken by character tortoise tour train train station trend setter typewriter unfaithfulness urban setting urination vocalizing voice over letter voice over writing waiter what happened to epilogue wife kills husband wind wine woman dresses as a man woman smokes a cigar woods writer writing writing a letter year 1873 year 1884 year 1892 year 1893 year 1895 year 1898 year 1900 year 1903 year 1904 year 1905 year date on screen

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