Colette, l'insoumise

Apr 22, 2019

0h 54m

★ 7.6

Overview

The incredible life of novelist, screenwriter, actress and nude dancer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), who led her life to the beat, constantly reinventing herself through words, scandals and metamorphoses; a peasant woman who became an icon of the European Belle Époque; an artist who defied religion and social prejudices to live a hedonist existence worthy of her desires; a real woman who turned herself into a fictional character…

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

History

Production Companies

Roche Productions

ARTE

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Herself - Writer (archive footage)

Colette

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