Violette

Violette

132 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 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.

Violette

132 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 2013

Violette
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers TS Productions
Original title Violette
Directors Martin Provost
Writers Martin Provost

Cast

Emmanuelle Devos

as Violette Leduc

Sandrine Kiberlain

as Simone de Beauvoir

Olivier Gourmet

as Jacques Guérin

Frans Boyer

as Le jeune paysan

Catherine Hiegel

as Berthe Leduc

Jacques Bonnaffé

as Jean Genet

Olivier Py

as Maurice Sachs

Nathalie Richard

as Hermine

Stanley Weber

as Le jeune maçon

Jean Toscane

as Monsieur Motté

Nicole Colchat

as Madame Belaval

Fabrizio Rongione

as Yvon Belaval

Erwan Creignou

as Marcel

Vincent Schmitt

as Un forain

Jean-Paul Dubois

as Ernest

Paulette Frantz

as Madame Moustier

Valérie Kéruzoré

as La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard

Sylvie Jobert

as La libraire

Thierry Nenez

as Le concierge

Marie-Aline Thomassin

as La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin

Josette Ménard

as La femme de ménage

Richard Chevallier

as Louis Jouvet

Florent Bigot de Nesles

as L'homme sur le chemin

Isabelle Sprung

as Une villageoise

Claudine Acs

as La vieille dame

Pierre Gribling

as Jacques, le mari de Violette

Marc Faure

as Gaston Gallimard

Pierre-Alain Chapuis

as Jacques Lemarchand

Laure Sirieix

as La journaliste

Audrey Quoturi

as Cliente librairie (uncredited)