Michelle Pfeiffer opens in Cheri on Friday (I am helping to promote the film) and the folks who publish Colette’s books that the film is based on have offered 3 copies of the books to Women & Hollywood readers.
Here are a couple of questions you need to answer to win:
1- What year was Cheri published?
2- Who is the director and screenwriter of Cheri?
3- What actress who is now starring in Broadway in a major revival has a small part in Cheri?
Rules:
1- Submit your answers to melissa@womenandhollywood.com
2- Include your mailing address
3- contest ends at 5pm on June 26
Cheri opens nationwide on Friday June 26.
Film synopsis: Synopsis: Léa De Lonval is a woman on the verge of aging – but she’s not going to give in without a spirited fight. Strong willed, sexually savvy and fiercely independent she remains a much-desired courtesan of breathtaking beauty and wit. Yet, she can’t help but conclude that, at the age of 49, now is the time to end her career on a high note. Set at the very tail end of France’s Belle Epoque – literally the “Beautiful Age,” when the upper classes lavished in leisure and wealth just before the world-altering onset of World War One – the film deals with issues of changing gender roles, sexuality, money, aging, and society. The film also stars Kathy Bates as Charlotte Peloux, Lea’s former rival and the mother of Lea’s lover, Cheri, a woman jealous of Lea’s enduring beauty. Cheri offers an alternative to the big budget blockbusters of the summer, two mature women in control of their power and lives.
