Keira Knightley is downright radiant in Colette. She leads the drama based on the true story of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a young woman living in the country who marries a successful writer, Willy (Dominic West), and is whisked off to Paris to indulge in the parties and luxuries of aristocratic living. Eventually, Willy convinces Colette to start ghostwriting for him and she writes a semi-autobiographical novel that becomes a major sensation. The pressure to produce more novels in this series eventually becomes too much, driving Colette to fight for recognition for her work and also to find her own voice.
While at TIFF 2018, Perri Nemiroff got to sit down with Knightley and West to talk about the film. They got to chat about some material that didn't make the final cut, why you should see Colette even if you're not drawn to period dramas, and also about the importance of the movie hitting theaters with the #MeToo movement in full swing.
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