COLETTE: Keira Knightley portrays the French authoress as if she was born for the role and it is a lovely performance in this rather slow moving but nonetheless enthralling film. It traces her life from her rural upbringing through the marriage to an older man who convinces her to write and publishes her work under his name (Women were frowned upon as writers in the 1900's France.) And ultimately coming into her own amid some debauchery with both sexes. This may not be for everyone's taste but it is clearly an accurate accounting of the life and times of this extraordinary woman.
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