
The 2018 film Colette is a biographical drama about the life of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. The film follows Colette as she navigates the male-dominated literary world of Paris in the late 19th century.
The film is notable for its frank and honest portrayal of Colette's sexuality. Colette is a woman who is unafraid to explore her own desires, and the film does not shy away from showing her sexual encounters.
The most memorable sexual moment in the film is when Colette and her husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars, have a passionate encounter in their bedroom. The scene is shot in a way that emphasizes the intensity of the moment, and it is clear that Colette is in control of the situation.
The film also features a scene in which Colette has a sexual encounter with a woman. This scene is particularly powerful, as it shows Colette exploring her own sexuality without fear or shame.
Overall, Colette is a film that is unafraid to explore the complexities of female sexuality. The film's frank and honest portrayal of Colette's sexual encounters is refreshing and empowering. It is a reminder that women should be allowed to explore their own desires without fear or judgement.
Colette and her husband kiss and embrace often, one of the times in bed (clothed), and we hear them having sex offscreen.
There is frank sexual dialogue throughout, including in writing, as Colette and her husband collaborate on erotic novels about a young girl discovering her sexuality.
Colette has an open relationship with a transgender man. There is a brief sex scene between them.
Sex scenes between two women, breasts/nipples are briefly shown.
The "nudity" in this film is made up of quick occasional glimpses of exposed female nipples
This is a story about fluid sexuality, and though there aren't a lot of explicit scenes, there are images of nudity and sex occasionally.
As Colette pursues relationships with women (her husband approves of it), we see her and another woman kiss, undress (there is some breast nudity), and perform (implied) oral sex on each other. The scenes are brief, but graphic enough to know what's going on.
We also see Colette's husband with another woman, and there are similar, brief scenes
Colette dances provocatively onstage in dance routines, and in one sequence, her costume is purposely torn off and reveals her breast.
During a stage performance with a large audience, Colette kisses a woman on stage that is dressed as a man with a man's haircut. They're pelted with food and other things by the audience and also booed off stage. Some cheer the performance and a fight breaks out among the audience.
Colette and another woman are both married to men. Yet they're shown having a sexual affair. When Colette's husband Willy learns about his wife's affair, he's shown also having a sexual affair with the same woman. Willy lies to his wife about where he's going when he goes to the woman's house.