Colette

As a little girl, Colette was jealous of her brother. She is still very young when she marries Willy, a writer old enough to be her father. She lives under the illusion that she can enjoy freedom in their relationship, which is nevertheless filled with betrayal. To avenge herself on the misfortunes of life, she begins to write. This is the beginning of a two-tiered existence: everyday life, made up of pleasures and pains due to Willy’s serial infidelities, and her writing life, in which she invents a new life for herself. But when Willy meets Meg, who resembles Colette as a young girl, she knows it’s all over. After Willy’s final betrayal, she decides to earn her independence and emancipation. Now separated from her husband, Colette must face loneliness and the attractions of depravity. But she wants to believe in her romantic relationships with Missy and Herriot without ever committing herself. She knows she’ll only find a way to become a new person in a relation with a single person. She thinks she finds this fulfillment with Henri de Jouvenel. But when he too betrays her, she falls in love with her stepson and finds the sense of exclusive love she has been looking for.

France / Lithuania - 2003 - 2x115' - 16 mm • 1,66 - Colour

Director
Nadine Trintignant
Script
Nadine Trintignant, Marie Trintignant
Camera
François Catonné
Sound
Harald Maury, Eric Tisserand
Sets
Jean-Marc Kerdelhue
Editing
Nicole Lubchansky
Music
Philippe Sarde
Cast
Marie Trintignant, Wladimir Yordanoff, Lambert Wilson, Lio, Barbara Schulz, Marie-José Nat, Catherine Jacob

Production
Studio International,
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Co-Production
LKS (Lithuanian Films Studios)

with the participation of
France 2

Sales
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