Colette

Colette

He is a Willy writer who is going through not the best of times. She is a country girl, Colette, married to a man who is barely making ends meet. She used to live in the countryside of France, but now she has moved to bohemian Paris, which is full of ambiguous personalities. Colette's husband suggested that she write down stories from her childhood and publish them as short stories on his behalf. So the girl created the character of Claudine, whose voice rang throughout France. Willy forces his wife to write more and more, because it brings him considerable popularity and huge money. But the time comes when Colette is tired of writing under her husband's name - she wants to publish her books, fight for her copyright. The girl will challenge the entire society with the desire to change outdated ways of doing things. Read more The film is based on real events. The director of the film was Wash Westmoreland, whose credits include the film "Still Alice" (2014). Starring: Keira Knightley ("Pride and Prejudice" (2005, Oscar nomination), "Atonement" (2007), Pirates of the Caribbean franchise), Dominic West ("Rockstar" (2001), "Pride" (2014), "Tap" series), Eleanor Tomlinson ("Poldark" series), Fiona Shaw ("Killing Eve" franchise "Harry Potter"). The premiere of the film took place on January 20, 2018 at the Sundance Film Festival, USA. Film critics on the site https://www.metacritic.com rated the film 74/100, and https://www.rottentomatoes.com has 86% positive reviews (84/98).