One of the surprises of 2018 was this film by Walsh Westmoreland starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West.
It tells the story of French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette and how her husband, publisher Henri Gautier-Villas, appropriates her early works to pass them off as his own and publishes them on the pretext that female bylines will never attract readers . . as many buyers as men.
In this way, the husband enjoyed all the prestige and honor Colette deserved.
Set in 1920s Paris, the film follows this period of her life, her relationship with her husband and her struggle to prove that she is the real author.
There is also her personal crisis and the different ways she seeks to express her emotions. And all this thanks to the excellent performances of the two main actors.
Incidentally, Colette ended up becoming a major figure in French literature, and even the only writer whose state funeral was granted to France by the French government.
