Colette actress Mathilda May. In the 2018 film "Colette", she is played by Keira Knightley.. Both films focus on Colette's life in her twenties, her marriage to her first husband, and the publication of her first novels under his name. Source: Colette Colette (; Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954) was a French mime, actress, journalist and novelist, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Colette was widely known for her 1944 novella "Gigi" (1944), which subsequently was the basis for the film and Lerner and Loewe stage production of the same name. The writer was
Gabrielle (2005 film) Boston and August 4, 2006 in Los Angeles. "Gabrielle" was placed at 89 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s. Gabrielle (2005 film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story "The Return". Jean Harvey and his wife Gabrielle are renowned within Paris' haute bourgeoisie for the salons they host each Thursday evening. Jean and Gabrielle live a comfortable yet regimented life in a well-appointed Paris mansion, assisted by a retinue of devoted servants. Yet their marriage is more of a contract than a relationship. Jean confides