Colette

"🌟7/10🌟 Fascinating movie about the most celebrated #female_author in the history of #FrenchLit. It’s total 💯GIRL POWER‼️💥 First, she was a #ghostwriter for her husband & their collection of novels became runaway #bestsellers, but when he proved to be a self-serving, egotistical jerk, she finally broke out on her own & fought for creative ownership. ▪️Also of note: Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella #Gigi which was the basis for the 1958 film & the 1973 stage production. ▪️Also, on a more “scandalous” note, apparently both she & her husband each had their own extramarital liaisons, but unknowingly even shared a lover, as seen in this film. #LGBTQ Another interesting tidbit I noticed here in this #VictorianEra #periodpiece is that Collette gave us “Nipplegate” long before it was ever conceived by Janet Jackson & JT 😳 … Oops, my bad, that was “accidental,” or a “wardrobe malfunction,” right? 🙄 😉 "

"I'll give this a thumbs up; HOWEVER, a certain character in here just INFURIATED me (yuck)!!! & a 2nd character did too actually, at first... Just watch it & you'll know who I'm speaking of... Starts off in 1892, etc. After watching, I found the books on Amazon, but if you haven't read the books yet don't go there until AFTER you see this movie as could spoil things."

"Loved it! Keira and Dominic are stunning! "

"Beautiful movie. Very well done! #france #literary #truestory #historical "

"Such an awe-inspiring movie about her life. My husband even enjoyed it and now I'm going to have to go on a search for some of her novels. A must see!"

"As a fan of Gigi I enjoyed this historical movie. I did feel like some of the things were skewed but overall still exciting to see such a prominent person in literary history being acknowledged!"

"Surprisingly shameless"

"I think both of you would like this story based on the actual “Colette.”"