Colette 2018 Movie

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. More details

Directors

Wash Westmoreland

Cast

Keira Knightley Fiona Shaw Dominic West Robert Pugh

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

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