The suitcase of Madame Colette

Title: The suitcase of Madame Colette

Duration: 62 min

Year: 2019

Genre: Documentary

VO: Catalan / Spanish / English / French

Target: All audiences

Direction and script: Joan Bonet

Production: Núria Cano

Production assistants: Xesca Rebassa / Gloria Gàlvez

Camera and DOP: Jaume Caldentey

Original soundtrack: Josep Umbria

Editing: Joan Bonet

Voice over: Catalina Alorda

A production by La Perifèrica Produccions with the collaboration of Jardí Botànic de Sóller, in coproduction with IB3 Televisió de les Illes Balears, and the participation of Consell de Mallorca and Agència Balear de Turisme.

A suitcase opened in 2016 uncovers the figure, life and work of Madame Colette. A woman of the world, born in France; a unique seamstress and reporter, who arrived in Mallorca in 1953 to recover physically from a long time living in the desert. In Sóller, small town in the north coast of Mallorca, she found the peace and space to lay down her roots and develop her career as a painter of botanic prints, showing the island’s flora to the world and exhibiting her work abroad, in places like London, Cleveland and Switzerland.

Awards

  • July 2019: Oficial Selection Memorimage 2019 (Reus)
  • October 2019: Winner Best Documentary Made in Balears at Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
  • December 2019: Official Selection at Best International Documentary at FIPADOC (Biarritz, France)