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Becoming Colette | |
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Directed by | Danny Huston |
Written by | Ruth Graham |
Produced by | Heinz J. Bibo Peer J. Oppenheimer |
Starring |
Klaus Maria Brandauer Mathilda May Virginia Madsen |
Cinematography | Wolfgang Treu |
Edited by |
Peter Taylor Roberto Silvi |
Music by | John Scott |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Countries | Germany United Kingdom France |
Language | English |
Becoming Colette is a 1992 German-British-French biographical drama film written by Ruth Graham, directed by Danny Huston and starring Klaus Maria Brandauer and Mathilda May as Henry Gauthier-Villars and Colette respectively.
The shooting was marked by the violence of Klaus Maria Brandauer towards Mathilda May, without intervention of the film crew to protect her. [1]
The film was released in New York City on November 6, 1992. [2]
Joe Leydon of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Not even a twinkly eyed, scene-stealing turn by Klaus Maria Brandauer is enough to enliven Danny Huston's Becoming Colette ..." [3]
Peter Rainer of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The film, which was directed by Danny Huston and scripted by Ruth Graham, has an airless, disembodied quality—not exactly what one wants from a movie about a sensualist of genius." [4]
Rita Kempley of The Washington Post also gave the film a negative review, describing it as "negligible". [5]
The film, which opens today at the Sutton, is not quite a nonstop scream but, in its determinedly flatfooted way, it's as saucy a piece of movie baggage as has turned up in two or three decades.
![]() | This article needs a
plot summary. (February 2023) |
Becoming Colette | |
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Directed by | Danny Huston |
Written by | Ruth Graham |
Produced by | Heinz J. Bibo Peer J. Oppenheimer |
Starring |
Klaus Maria Brandauer Mathilda May Virginia Madsen |
Cinematography | Wolfgang Treu |
Edited by |
Peter Taylor Roberto Silvi |
Music by | John Scott |
Release date |
|
Running time | 97 minutes |
Countries | Germany United Kingdom France |
Language | English |
Becoming Colette is a 1992 German-British-French biographical drama film written by Ruth Graham, directed by Danny Huston and starring Klaus Maria Brandauer and Mathilda May as Henry Gauthier-Villars and Colette respectively.
The shooting was marked by the violence of Klaus Maria Brandauer towards Mathilda May, without intervention of the film crew to protect her. [1]
The film was released in New York City on November 6, 1992. [2]
Joe Leydon of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Not even a twinkly eyed, scene-stealing turn by Klaus Maria Brandauer is enough to enliven Danny Huston's Becoming Colette ..." [3]
Peter Rainer of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The film, which was directed by Danny Huston and scripted by Ruth Graham, has an airless, disembodied quality—not exactly what one wants from a movie about a sensualist of genius." [4]
Rita Kempley of The Washington Post also gave the film a negative review, describing it as "negligible". [5]
The film, which opens today at the Sutton, is not quite a nonstop scream but, in its determinedly flatfooted way, it's as saucy a piece of movie baggage as has turned up in two or three decades.