Cheri

Colette's Chéri, now made into a film reuniting the Dangerous Liaisons trinity of Stephen Frears, Christopher Hampton, and Michelle Pfeiffer, is the story of a woman whose ability to makes her living in her profession (high-class courtesan) depends on her beauty and sexual allure, and when those are gone it's time to retire. The story behind the film is truly a case of life imitating art.

“...I look at my wrinkles and I remember the men who put them there...”

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Telegraph.co.uk
By: Ellin Stein