Colette
Synopsis
Keira Knightley leads this timely film about the struggles of the avant-garde French novelist, Colette; a story that resonates in the era of female empowerment.
Colette’s marriage to Henry ‘Willy’ Gauthier-Villars (Dominic West) thrusts her from a simple country life into the raucous creative demi-monde of Paris. Swiftly developing her talent as a writer, Colette’s first novels are published under Willy’s name. An author in his own right, Willy mentors Colette and later betrays her as her stories gain them fame and notoriety.
Whip-smart, precocious and unapologetic, not only is Colette a talented author, actor and journalist, but also a trailblazer, fighting for the survival of her voice and identity in a male-dominated world, who shines a light for future generations of female artists.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 112 mins
- Director
- Wash Westmoreland
- Producer
- Pamela Koffler, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon, Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters
- Co-Producer
- Caroline Levy, Ildiko Kemeny, David Minkowski
- Executive Producer
- Mary Burke, Svetlana Metkina, Norman Merry
- Editor
- Lucia Zucchetti
- Screenwriter
- Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- Director of Photography
- Giles Nuttgens
- Production Designer
- Michael Carlin
- Music
- Thomas Adès
- Principal Cast
- Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Robert Pugh, Eleanor Tomlinson, Julian Wadham, Al Weaver, Shannon Tarbet, Ray Panthaki, Dickie Beau, Jake Graf, Janine Harouni, Aiysha Hart, Polina Litvak, Johnny K. Palmer, Rebecca Root and Arabella Weir
- Costume Designer
- Andrea Flesch
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 21st August 2018
