Violette (2013)
Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.
- Date of release
- 2013-09-06
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (59)
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Martin Provost
Casting
- Emmanuelle Devos — Violette Leduc
- Sandrine Kiberlain — Simone de Beauvoir
- Olivier Gourmet — Jacques Guérin
- Frans Boyer — Le jeune paysan
- Catherine Hiegel — Berthe Leduc
- Jacques Bonnaffé — Jean Genet
- Olivier Py — Maurice Sachs
- Nathalie Richard — Hermine
- Stanley Weber — Le jeune maçon
- Jean Toscane — Monsieur Motté
- Nicole Colchat — Madame Belaval
- Fabrizio Rongione — Yvon Belaval
Interesting facts
Violette is a 2013 French-Belgian biographical drama film written and directed by Martin Provost, about the French novelist Violette Leduc. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
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