Violette (2013)

6.0/10 132 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Erwan Creignou

Marcel

Vincent Schmitt

Un forain

Jean-Paul Dubois

Ernest

Paulette Frantz

Madame Moustier

Valérie Kéruzoré

La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard

Sylvie Jobert

La libraire

Thierry Nenez

Le concierge

Marie-Aline Thomassin

La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin

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