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Colette
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2207
- IMDb #3026
- Google retired #2512
- Rotten Tomatoes #1792
- Metacritic #1423
- Letterboxd #2411
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1217
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2705
- Metacritic Critics #1094
- Metacritic Audience #2180
- Criticker #1784
- Kinopoisk #3011
- AlloCiné #2170
- Trakt #2786
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88. Critics average 81, everyone else 68.
See the most agreed on films →The true story of the French novelist Colette. She is married to a charismatic Parisian writer known as "Willy," who pushes her to write novels based on her childhood. He publishes them under his own name, and the books become a sensational success. She must fight to claim ownership of her work and her own identity, breaking free of her husband's shadow.
Details
- Director
- Wash Westmoreland
- Studio
- Number 9 Films, Bold Films, Killer Films
- Released
- 21 September 2018
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $14.3M
- Awards
- 1 win, 9 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (44) →
Awards & nominations
See all 10 →1 win from 10 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2019 | Best Screenplay | Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and Wash Westmoreland | Nominee |
| Dorian Awards 2019 | Unsung Film of the Year | Colette | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2019 | Best Original Score | Thomas Adès | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2019 | Best Costume Design | Andrea Flesch | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2018 | Best Make Up & Hair Design | Ivana Primorac | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Dominic West | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2018 | Best Costume Design | Andrea Flesch | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2018 | Best Production Design | Michael Carlin | Nominee |
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10 awards — Colette
×| Best Screenplay | Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and Wash Westmoreland | Nominee |
| Best Original Score — Independent Film | Thomas Adès | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Andrea Flesch | Nominee |
| Best Make Up & Hair Design | Ivana Primorac | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Michael Carlin | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dominic West | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Andrea Flesch | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Thomas Adès | Nominee |
| Unsung Film of the Year | Colette | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Andrea Flesch | Nominee |