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Summary
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 81Audiences 69GoodWatch 75
Tomatometer88%
Metascore74
User score7.0
Letterboxd · 53 K ratings3.5/5
Audience score69%
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 52 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109112Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 27 countries, rent or buy in 22 more
+17Released
2018
September 21, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
United Kingdom- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 32 more44 people
- Keira KnightleyColette
- Dominic WestWilly
- Denise GoughMissy
- Fiona ShawSido
- Robert PughJules
- Eleanor TomlinsonGeorgie Raoul-Duval
- Ray PanthakiVeber
- Dickie BeauWague
Jake GrafGaston De Caillavet
Polina LitvakLily
Rebecca RootRachilde
Máté HaumannCount Muffat
Karen GagnonAspiring Actress
Katinka EgresHungarian Countess
Alexis LathamSecond Heckler
Attila ÁrpaHeckler
Peter SchuellerReporter
Caroline BoultonFlossy
Masayoshi HanedaBaptiste (uncredited)
Scott Alexander YoungHotel Manager (uncredited)
Julian WadhamOllendorff
Al WeaverSchwob
Aiysha HartPolaire
Virág BárányLotte Kinceler
Directing · 6
- Wash Westmoreland Director, Screenplay
- Hugo Le Gourrierec Third Assistant Director
- Tom Browne Second Assistant Director
- Joe Geary First Assistant Director
- Rowena Ladbury Script Supervisor
- Bence Nagy Third Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Rebecca Lenkiewicz Screenplay
- Richard Glatzer Screenplay, Story
Production · 42
- Svetlana Metkina Executive Producer
- Norman Merry Executive Producer
- Mary Burke Executive Producer
- Christine Vachon Producer
- Stephen Woolley Producer
- Elizabeth Karlsen Producer
Camera · 20
- Giles Nuttgens Director of Photography
- Attila Szücs Key Grip
- Robert Viglasky Still Photographer
- Vilmos Keszler Best Boy Grip
- András Pucsek Camera Trainee
- Tamás Kollár Grip
Editing · 8
- Lucia Zucchetti Editor
- Tom Russell Colorist
- Fiona DeSouza Associate Editor
- Katie Croft Digital Intermediate Assistant
- Gianluca Ferrari Digital Intermediate Assistant
- Michael Hopkins Digital Intermediate Assistant
Sound · 14
- Thomas Adès Musician, Orchestrator, Conductor, Original Music Composer
- Andy Shelley Supervising Sound Editor
- Stephen Griffiths Supervising Sound Editor
- Robert Farr Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Karen Elliott Music Supervisor
- Simon Trundle Foley Mixer
Art · 24
- Michael Carlin Production Design
- Renátó Cseh Art Direction
- Tom Burke Title Designer
- Lisa Chugg Set Decoration
- Katja Soltes Supervising Art Director
- Zalán Sipos Standby Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 10
- Andrea Flesch Costume Design
- Chris Lyons Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Ivana Primorac Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
- Gemma Hoff Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
- Peter Owen Wigmaker
- Judit Halász Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 4
- Sheila Wickens Visual Effects Supervisor
- Gábor Kiszelly Special Effects Supervisor
- Paul Driver Visual Effects Producer
- Jeff North CG Artist
Lighting · 8
- Balázs Vákár Gaffer
- Gábor Kövári Electrician
- Zoltán Lakatos Rigging Gaffer
- Ádám Skardeli Electrician
- Krisztián Szászi Electrician
- Attila Kolozs Electrician
Other crew · 45
- Béla Unger Stunt Coordinator
- Tyra Banks Thanks
- Norbert Kovács Stunts
- Ádám Bertalan Stunts
- Chris Burton Systems Administrators & Support
- Alex Reynolds Choreographer
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