Colette
French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
10 May 1969, Woking, Surrey, England, UK
18 June 1986
19 May 1992, England, UK
7 August 1958, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK
November 30, 2018
... a delightful and finely-crafted piece of cinema.
November 27, 2018
COLETTE is the rare film that overcomes a personal malaise [for historical biopics]. Skillful cinematography, excellent performances, and a willingness not to sanitize things are all to the good in this effort.
October 05, 2018
Cinematographer Giles Nuttgens' use of highly-reflective surfaces is a revelation, and Thomas Adès' lush score hits a melodramatic high note.
November 19, 2018
The director builds a fun universe, unprejudiced and so far from this world that it even seems lie. [Full Review in Spanish]
September 28, 2018
Here's a movie with Keira Knightley that really does merit the sequel treatment.
October 07, 2018
This isn't Oscar-worthy material but it's the kind of solid art house motion picture that was popular during the 1990s and whose occasional reappearance in the 2010s is always welcome.
September 28, 2018
Westmoreland's Paris is scrumptiously decadent - and seedy - as Colette navigates the city's eclectic, gossipy social scene.
October 04, 2018
Westmoreland keeps the material from becoming melodramatic or overwrought, although he often relies on the overactive score to ratchet up the dramatic tension from which he tends to shy away.
November 30, 2018
Knightley excels -- Colette's growing confidence is entirely believable, precisely because she's never a complete walkover, even at the beginning. Her blossoming as an independent woman and as a writer feels like a natural progression.
November 15, 2018
The figure of Sidonie Gabrielle-Colette provides enough dramatic components so that the director can execute his operation without too much of a struggle. [Full Review in Spanish]
October 12, 2018
There's more going on in Colette than tame hagiography; the results are happily vibrant, even if the sexual inequities depicted remain grimly pertinent.
November 21, 2018
Colette becomes an intelligent discourse on how - in a patriarchal society - the genius of talented women is not easily recognized, but, on the contrary, tends to be invisible. [Full review in Spanish]
