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IMDb rating 6.7
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Critic Jordan Hoffman
rated 8

...gets Keira Knightley is top form: luminous, clever, sexy and sympathetic.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Helen O'Hara
rated 8

...as befits the life and works of the scandalous Colette, this is a racy, taboo-busting and queer-friendly affair.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Tara Mcnamara
rated 8

Colette deftly creates complex characters who are well-written, well-acted, and well-directed. The script is pure auditory luxury: witty, clever, divine.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Jens Peterson
rated 6

Ett prydligt porträtt av en kvinna som står upp mot konventionen.

Read full review at Aftonbladet
Critic Henrik Reinberg Simonsen
rated 7

Billederne er komponeret og lyssat, så man bliver påmindet om periodens monumentale billedkunst, og selv Keira Knightlys overjordiske skønhed får konkurrence til stregen.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Kerstin Gezelius
rated 6

Dominic West gör ett fantastiskt porträtt...

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter
Critic David Lindahl
rated 8

...ett rappt perioddrama som underhåller.

Read full review at Filmtopp
Critic Niels Jakob Kyhl Jørgensen
rated 7

Den parisiske guldalder er smukt indfanget i brændende aktuelt periodedrama, hvor Keira Knighley smider de seksuelle hæmninger som talentfuld forfatter.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Dominic West
As Willy
Keira Knightley
As Colette
Fiona Shaw
As Sido
Robert Pugh
As Jules
Julian Wadham
As Ollendorff
Denise Gough
As Missy

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Colette is a 2018 biographical drama film that tells the story of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a young woman from rural France who marries Henry Gauthier-Villars, a successful Parisian writer known as Willy. After moving to Paris, Colette begins an affair with Willy and becomes his ghostwriter, penning a series of bestselling novels under his name. As her works gain popularity, Colette struggles to assert her own identity as a writer and fight against the societal norms that restrict her creative ownership. The film stars Keira Knightley as Colette and Dominic West as Willy.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Colette include The Zone of Interest, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, The Promised Land, The Iron Claw.