Name: Violette
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013-09-06
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Frans Boyer, Catherine Hiegel

2013·Drama·2h 12m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Martin Provost

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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

Crew

Martin Provost

Director

Martin Provost

Screenplay

Miléna Poylo

Producer

Gilles Sacuto

Producer

Arvo Pärt

Additional Soundtrack

Madeline Fontaine

Costume Design

Marie-France Michel

Casting

Brigitte Moidon

Casting

Emmanuel Croset

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Emmanuel de Boissieu

Foley Mixer

Philippe van Leer

Foley Artist

Popular Reviews

5 reviews

Jeanne

3.0★ · 03/05/26

Insupportable j’ai pas passé un bon moment j’aurais mieux fait de réviser

melymbrosia

8.0★ · 02/12/25

two of my favourite writers together — their closeness, their separations. the attractions and the repulsions that guide leduc’s (and perhaps everyone’s) life. compelling and tender for someone like me, who loves with their head — and their words — rather than with their heart.

giu

7.0★ · 07/16/25

vitoria

7.0★ · 07/27/23

paula

4.0★ · 02/11/22