Colette
- measured
- gentle
- intimate
Warm, measured, gentle drama / history, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →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.
Our read · Colette (2018) reads as a warm, measured, grounded drama · history · supernatural entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
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The shape of Colette
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