Violette
★ 5.9·2014·2h 12min·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.
- Director
- Martin Provost
- Original language
- French
- Status
- Released (Jun 27, 2014)
Where to watch
- With a subscription
- Free
- Buy or rent
Cast
30 people
Emmanuelle DevosViolette Leduc
Sandrine KiberlainSimone de Beauvoir
Olivier GourmetJacques Guérin
Frans BoyerLe jeune paysan
Catherine HiegelBerthe Leduc
Jacques BonnafféJean Genet
Olivier PyMaurice Sachs
Nathalie RichardHermine
Stanley WeberLe jeune maçon
Jean ToscaneMonsieur Motté
Nicole ColchatMadame Belaval
Fabrizio RongioneYvon Belaval
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Erwan CreignouMarcel
Vincent SchmittUn forain
Jean-Paul DuboisErnest
Paulette FrantzMadame Moustier
Valérie KéruzoréLa secrétaire des éditions Gallimard
Sylvie JobertLa libraire
Thierry NenezLe concierge
Marie-Aline ThomassinLa secrétaire de Jacques Guérin
Josette MénardLa femme de ménage
Richard ChevallierLouis Jouvet
Florent Bigot de NeslesL'homme sur le chemin
Isabelle SprungUne villageoise
Claudine AcsLa vieille dame
Pierre GriblingJacques, le mari de Violette
Marc FaureGaston Gallimard
Pierre-Alain ChapuisJacques Lemarchand
Laure SirieixLa journaliste
Audrey QuoturiCliente librairie (uncredited)
