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1) Colette
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Filmmaker Yannick Bellon captures a rare moment with Colette, the literary icon, amidst the natural landscape of France. Bellon interprets Colette's narration visually, in images saturated with charm: from poetic montages of Mediterranean hillsides to collages of photographs rendering childhood memories and moments backstage. COLETTE is an intimate portrait of an artist as well as an expressive homage to her place in the artistic world.
2) Colette
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1 videodisc (approximately 115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its...
3) Colette
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A game of cat and mouse in which the cost of losing is death. Eighteen-year-old Colette's peaceful life in France is shattered when the Nazi panzers steam-roll across her country. As her world crumbles around her, Colette escapes to England and is thrust into the dangerous world of espionage. She undergoes intensive training to become a radio operator in France, a perilous role and one for which her superiors – and Colette herself – doubt her...
4) Colette
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In 1938, Colette, an eighteen-year-old Parisian girl, falls for American professor Adam Walker. Within weeks, the young couple married and moving back to the United States, and Colette must say goodbye to the only home she's ever known. After traveling to New York and eventually to her new home in Berkeley, Colette discovers that she's expecting, and life doesn't seem like it could get any better. Colette soon discovers, however, that Adam isn't the...
5) Colette
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English
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After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as "Willy" (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success,...
6) The vagabond
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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. Maxime, a wealthy playboy, tempts her from the path of independence with the comforts of love and marriage. From the physical and psychological distance of a provincial tour, Renée reflects upon the conflicting needs of security and freedom. "The Vagabond, one of the first and best feminist novels ever written,...
7) Sido
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Explorez Sido de Colette, une œuvre intemporelle qui vous transporte dans les méandres de la vie de l'auteure. Découvrez le récit enchanteur d'une enfance à la campagne, peuplée de personnages hauts en couleur et imprégnée de la magie de la nature. Colette nous ouvre les portes de son monde, dévoilant sa relation unique avec sa mère, Sido, figure emblématique aux valeurs profondément ancrées. À travers une écriture délicate et évocatrice,...
8) Chéri
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Léa de Lonval, una atractiva cortesana, ha dedicado los últimos seis años de su vida a la educación amorosa de Fred Peloux, un joven apuesto, ensimismado y consentido a quien ha apodado Chéri. Cuando éste le confiesa que planea casarse por conveniencia, deciden poner fin a la relación. Sin embargo, Léa no había previsto cuán profundo es el deseo que la une a su amante, ni cuánto sacrificará al renunciar a él.
En esta novela, una de las...
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La Dirección General de Publicaciones y Fomento Editorial de la UNAM ha creado, para el disfrute del lector universitario y del público en general, la colección Pequeños Grandes Ensayos, la cual difundirá, en breves volúmenes como el que tienes en tus manos, el fruto de la aguda reflexión, el análisis o la crítica de célebres autores de diferentes épocas, lugares y orígenes. Ensayos, unos, sólo accesibles hasta ahora en costosas antologías,...
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Ma mère et les bêtes, écrite en 1922, est l'une des nouvelles de La maison de Claudine. En 1947, Colette en fait une lecture, et c'est par cet enregistrement que commence le livre audio. Sa voix porte les couleurs de sa terre, aux "r" voluptueusement roulés. Les nouvelles du recueil racontent le temps où, petite fille, elle goûtait "la condition d'être une enfant de son village et d'avoir une mère au rire aigu de jeune fille" ; elles racontent...
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Découvrez l'univers envoûtant de Les Vrilles de la Vigne de Colette, un chef-d'œuvre littéraire qui vous transporte au cœur des émotions les plus intenses. Plongez dans les délices et les tourments de l'amour à travers les yeux de Véronique, une jeune femme à l'âme libre, et Léa, l'objet de son désir interdit.
Laissez-vous envoûter par la prose enchanteresse de Colette alors qu'elle peint avec délicatesse la campagne française et...
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Colette tiene veintidós años cuando un amigo le presenta a Marco, una mujer en la cuarentena que vive modestamente como autora de folletines. Cuando la relación entre la joven y la mujer madura se estrecha, una noche en que hojean juntas la sección de corazones solitarios de un periódico local descubren la carta de un joven teniente del ejército y deciden que Marco le responda, lo cual dará inicio a una apasionada historia de amor de final...
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Widely considered the author's best work, this story of a love affair between Lea, a still-beautiful 49-year-old, and Cheri, selfish young man 30 years her junior, is a superb study of age and sexuality. While the theme of a young man who deserts his older mistress is a familiar one, Colette makes it her own.
14) Claudine à paris
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Claudine et son père ont quitté leur village de Montigny pour s'installer à Paris, o la jeune fille va découvrir la vie parisienne avec le soutien de son cousin Marcel, son ami, son confident et son complice. Elle finit par s'habituer à la vie dans cette ville qu'elle trouvait dure au début, et commence à sortir et à mener une vie mondaine. Elle ne tarde pas de tomber amoureuse de Renaud, chroniqueur de la vie mondaine, un grand séducteur...
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Coming-of-age novels about girls are too often full of "sugar and spice and everything nice." Claudine is the happy exception. Claudine is a mischievous 15-year-old, full of her sex and rampaging through the dusty corridors of a parochial school in provincial France.
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