Sido

“You have inherited my tastes, my darling. You love cataclysms, the sound of the wind in the trees, the love of beautiful trees, rivers, and the sea,” Sidonie Landoy wrote to her daughter Colette in a 1907 letter. In response, the writer offers her mother the portrait of a free and passionate woman, devoted to her children, nature, and animals. Around her revolve her husband—the enigmatic Captain, an avid reader—her two daughters, and her two “wild” sons who leave home to roam the countryside… A beautiful autobiographical account through which the great writer weaves together the memory of a happy childhood, encompassing both nostalgia and a celebration of life.