Colette
Biography
Colette was the pen name of the French novelist and actress Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette.
She is best known, at least in the English-speaking world, for her novella Gigi, which provided the plot for a famous Lerner & Loewe musical film and stage musical.
She started her writing career penning the influential Claudine novels of books.
The novel Chéri is often cited as her masterpiece.
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- Country
- France
- Gender
- Female
- Place of birth
- Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye
- Birth date
- 28 January 1873
- Member of
- Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique·Académie Goncourt
- Nationality
- French
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
- You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
- No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
- Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
- I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
- A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
- Look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you. . .
- Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
- There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
- There are no ordinary cats.
Movies
Highway 1
2021
Flowers 02
2020
Pau
2019
Funan
2018
Funan is a 2018 period drama animated film directed by Denis Do and written by Do and Magali Pouzol with the participation of Elise Trinh, about a Cambodian woman and her search for her child, who was forcibly taken from her, during the beginning of the Khmer Rouge revolution in April 1975.
Kaleidoscope
2017
Zoe is a dreamer, a recent College graduate and an aspiring young Writer who has spent the last few years of her life just waiting for something to happen.
Eric's Tape
2017
The Knights of Mary Phagan
2016
Atlanta, Georgia is rocked when thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan is found murdered inside the pencil factory where she worked.
Love and Hostages
2016
Michael and Ava are two strangers who meet at a bar and a have a few too many drinks.
The Day of Forevermore
2016
"The Day of Forevermore" expands on the story and theme set forth in the filmmaker's "The Night of Forevermore (2012)".
For the Children
2016
After seeing her name legaly cleared from accusations of using charity money for her own benefit, Julia must convince Shannon, her accuser and former co-worker, that everything was a misunderstanding and she is truly innocent.
11PM Drop Off
2016
Jenniffer rushes Mason back to the house after he is shot during a drug run by an unknown assailant.
The Birch Grove
2015
Caught between love and death, two brothers wrestle with their past in a dance towards reconciliation..
Irrefutable Proof
2015
A car crash prevents Jeanine Markham, a world-renowned astrophysicist, from delivering her controversial lecture about her findings.
Flowers
2015
An abstract, surreal horror film centering on six dead women waking up in the crawl space below their killer's house..
Sigma 1967
2015
Manifestation
2015
The Carnage Collection
2015
In the vein of some classic horror anthologies, The Carnage Collection features multiple short stories of violence, gore, carnage, and horror..
BorderClash 2: The Bucharest Protocols
2015
A suspected New Orleans-based immortal named Desade is warned by the hit team she leads that US sanctioned bounty hunters, 'Hero for Hires' Misty Knight and Colleen Wing, are on the way to take her into custody for not registering with the government.
Drop the Phone
2015
Sock Me Off
2015
The adventures of Robbie - a college freshman desperate to lose his virginity - and his longtime lover Sock, a calf-length athletics sock who doesn't want Robbie to move on because it needs his seed to live..
Highly Intimate
2015
Carissa invites Jack back to his apartment after a romantic evening out, but Jack's advances become terrifyingly threatening..
Slaphappia
2014
Watch Me Die
2014
A nameless psychopath who videotapes the horrific murders of beautiful, young women discovers that he may actually be a character in someone else's snuff film..
The Apple
2014
Aprille/Desirae
2014
During a romantic camping trip to celebrate her last day in town before she heads to New York for a fellowship, Aprille confronts her conflicted, married lover, Desirae, about the future of their relationship..
Grace Under Water
2014
Lou is losing the cold war with her stubborn and enigmatic stepdaughter Grace when an unexpected challenge arises from the depths of a warm, dreamy afternoon at the local pool.
Southern Hospitality
2014
Archival Film of a live Stage Play: Produced By The Community Theatre of Linden.
4 Nights Later: a Tribute to William Tell Mitchell
2014
The unexpected death of a beloved fixture in the Los Angeles Arts District deeply impacts a close-knit community..
Greater Goode
2014
A cat and mouse game between a soldier and his superior officer, after the escaped POW discovers he was set up for capture.
Love Changes
2014
When it comes to a boy, a girl, a witch, transformations and strange characters walking in the forest.
Slaphappia: The State of Nirvana Achieved When Life Kicks the Living Crap Out of You
2014
After his life goes from bad to worse, Zac realizes he must embrace the chaos in his life and enact his revenge using his last three worldly possessions..
Save the Date
2014
You Can't Write a Letter
2013
Julien and Nina sign a pact with the universe: they must enjoy life, whatever the cost.
Smile
2013
The Beach House
2013
Andrea Hunter is a horror screenwriter whose failed marriage has caused her to self-medicate.
Trace Around Your Heart
2013
Trace Cherokee has grown comfortable living in obscurity as a country music has-been.
Essorage
2013
Out of Love
2013
Before she gets married, Esther goes on a journey to try and understand why her father got married and divorced 5 times.
TV
Claire-ity
2020
Little Cupid
2019
SNI Universe: The Series
2017
After waking with amnesia of the past 20 years of life Malique Harris/Ghost aka "The DreadHeaded Ninja" is found by "Tohopka" A member of the Navajo Nation who was banished and set out on a quest to find a legendary lost hero.
Street Art Stories
2017
Street Art Stories is an inspirational and in-depth 10-part documentary series.
Givit Wednesday
2016
Trailer Park Kids
2015
Trailer Park Kids, a new movie review program with one naughty puppet, is hosted by a group of young film fanatics who heatedly debate the weekly movie trailers the second they hit the web..
Croissant Man
2014
Croissant Man is the story of a depressed Croissant trying to find meaning in the superficial world of Bourgeois pastries..
HUNG: Inside the Episode
2010
In depth analysis of Hung season two episodes and scenes with the show's creators..
Colette Carr: Life in the Day
2010
See Colette's story and how destiny really just took her to where she is today..
Guide to the Good Life
2009
Featuring various lifestyle segments, including food, travel, motoring, finance, pets, home, gardening and health..
End Transmission
2008
The nation is being preyed upon by hoards of blood thirsty vampires and demons infecting all of mankind.
Hangar 17
1994
The Standard
1978
Ne le dites pas avec des roses
1977
Patrice Martinet, a young dentist from Paris, drives to Nogent-le-Châtel, a pretty county town, where he has a business appointment.
L'âge en fleur
1975
Couples
1975
Provinces
1968
Curtain of Fear
1964
La balsamine
1962
La balsamine est une fleur dont les pétales collent à la tige, mais qu'un coup de vent peut disperser.
Kanawio
1961
CF-RCK
1959
Le pilote Louis Corbin et son mécanicien Victor Gendron possèdent une petite compagnie aérienne, Air Nord.
Marie-Didace
1958
L'action se déroule 18 ans après celle de 'Au Chenal du Moine', alors que Marie-Didace est devenue une charmante jeune fille vivant en compagnie de sa mère adoptive, la bonne Angélina.
Cabaret du soir
1957
Books
Heures Longues, 1914-1917
Colette
Le Blé en herbe de Colette
Colette
Pour un herbier
Colette
Chance Acquaintances
Colette
Disi Kedi
Colette
Gigi
Colette
Cicim
Colette
On dokuzuncu yüzyılın sona erişiyle birlikte toplumda ağır basan muhafazakârlığın yerini modernleşmenin aldığı bir "fin de siècle" dönemini çarpıcı biçimde temsil eden, fransız edebiyatının aykırı yazarı colette'ten eril bir dünyanın kadın gözüyle anlatıl.
Green Sealing Wax
Colette
Green sealing wax is a story from colette, the most french of all french writers (new york times)....
Mian Ju Hou de N© Ren
Colette
Blaue Flamme
Colette
Meine Lehrjahre
Colette
Sido
Colette
Un bien grand amour
Colette
Shipwrecked on a traffic island
Colette
A collection of colette's best writings that have never before appeared in english..
Last of Cheri
Colette
At the end of chéri the young chéri left his aging mistress léa on the eve of his marriage.
Claudine Married
Colette
Following the excitement of a shared life in paris, claudine's marriage to the distinguished renaud has settled into a stale pattern of bickering conversations and mutual inattention.
Envois et dédicaces
Colette
Collected Stories of Colette
Colette
The collected stories of colette beings together in one volume for the first time in any language the comprehensive collection of short stories by the novelist known worldwide as colette, and now acknowledged, with proust, as the most original fren.
Cheri
Colette
Léa de lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de fred peloux, surnommé chéri.
The vagabond
Colette
From the author of gigi comes this tale of 33-year-old renée néré, recently divorced and seeking a new life as a vaudeville performer.
The vagabond
Colette
From the author of gigi comes this tale of 33-year-old renée néré, recently divorced and seeking a new life as a vaudeville performer.
Chéri
Colette
Chéri, together with the last of chéri, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman.
Chéri
Colette
Chéri, together with the last of chéri, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman.
Lettres à Missy
Colette
Lettres à Missy
Colette
Chéri
Colette
Léa de lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de fred peloux, surnommé chéri.
Chéri
Colette
Chéri, together with the last of chéri, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman.
Billets de théâtre
Colette
Lettres a marguerite moreno
colette
Chéri
Colette
Léa de lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de fred peloux, surnommé chéri.
La maison de Claudine
Colette
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
Chéri (Large Print Edition)
Colette
Léa de lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de fred peloux, surnommé chéri.
Lo puro y lo impuro
Colette
En estas páginas colette reflexiona sobre treinta años de su vida parisina: sobre el opio, el alcohol y otros placeres carnales.
Cheri (La Collection Francaise de CPI)
Colette
Léa de lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de fred peloux, surnommé chéri.
Claudine Se Va/ Claudine Is Leaving
Colette
¿adónde va la deliciosa claudine esa chiquilla perversa que conocimos en un pueblo de la borgoña para luego seguirla hasta parís y ver cómo se perdía en los brazos de su esposo renaud y en las enaguas de su amiga rézi?
Claudine Casada/ Married Claudine
Colette
Following the excitement of a shared life in paris, claudine's marriage to the distinguished renaud has settled into a stale pattern of bickering conversations and mutual inattention.
Claudine En La Escuela/ Claudine in School
Colette
Esta novela es el retrato en primera persona de un curso de la vida escolar de una adolescente singularmente despierta y consciente de su capacidad de seducción.
El Refugio De Claudine/ the Refuge of Claudine
Colette
Al leer las primeras páginas de el refugio de claudine descubrimos que nuestra heroína aún conserva su talle y una piel tersa que la viste sin un pliegue, pero su sonrisa ha perdido alegría.
Claudine En Paris/ Claudine in Paris
Colette
La publicación de 'claudine en la escuela' en el año 1900 supuso un gran escándalo que, obviamente, también se tradujo en un clamoroso éxito editorial para su autora y su marido, con quien firmaba bajo seudónimo tan escandaloso libro.
Cheri
Colette
Green wheat
Colette
Written in 1923, green wheat is set in a villa in brittany and is a story of burgeoning sexuality.
Mes apprentissages
Colette
Vingt-cinq ans après avoir divorcé, colette revient sur les années de son premier mariage.
Retreat from love
Colette
One of the best of the celebrated claudine novels, this installment follows the sexual and emotional machinations of three upper-class youths in a remote farmhouse, where the protagonist of the series awaits her husband renaud's return from a swiss sanato.
Bella-Vista
Colette
Colette et le cinéma
Colette
Le Pur Et L'Impur (Le Livre De Poche)
Colette
Colette a cinquante-neuf ans quand elle publie, en 1932, ces pages où elle s’interroge sur l’opium, l’alcool et les autres plaisirs qu’on dit charnels, à travers le souvenir de quarante années de vie parisienne.
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