After marrying 'Willy,' a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing...

Violette LeDuc is one of the foremost French writers of the twentieth century. In a beautifully mounted production, director Martin Provost depicts LeDuc's extraordinary life, from her low beginnings as the illegitimate daughter of a servant girl to becoming ensconced in France's literary elite. Violette LeDuc is determined, obsessed even, to make something of her life. Writing is her ticket out of misery, and with the encouragement and mentorship...

An engrossing and fascinating exploration of the complex relationship of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas during a three-month period in 1936.

The adventures of the blatantly promiscuous Henry Miller and his friends are depicted as they barhop and bed-hop through Paris.

"Upon meeting American author Henry Miller in Paris, 1931, a young writer named Anaïs Nin embarks on a voyage of self-discovery, and faithfully records every experience in her diary. In their search for new truths, Anaïs and Henry are tantalized by Henry's tauntingly sensual wife, June. An unforgettable journey into the uncharted territory of human relationships, based on the suppressed sections of Anaïs Nin's diaries"--Container.