Violette

132 mins
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.

Emmanuelle Devos

Violette Leduc

Sandrine Kiberlain

Simone de Beauvoir

Olivier Gourmet

Jacques Guérin

Frans Boyer

Le jeune paysan

Catherine Hiegel

Berthe Leduc

Olivier Py

Maurice Sachs

Stanley Weber

Le jeune maçon

Jean Toscane

Monsieur Motté

Nicole Colchat

Madame Belaval

Fabrizio Rongione

Yvon Belaval

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

Josette Ménard

La femme de ménage

Richard Chevallier

Louis Jouvet

Florent Bigot de Nesles

L'homme sur le chemin

Isabelle Sprung

Une villageoise

Claudine Acs

La vieille dame

Pierre Gribling

Jacques, le mari de Violette

Marc Faure

Gaston Gallimard

Pierre-Alain Chapuis

Jacques Lemarchand

Laure Sirieix

La journaliste

Audrey Quoturi

Cliente librairie (uncredited)

Martin Provost

Screenplay

Hugues Tabar-Nouval

Original Music Composer

Thierry François

Production Design

Arvo Pärt

Additional Soundtrack

Yves Cape

Director of Photography

Madeline Fontaine

Costume Design

Valérie Le Docte

Dialogue Editor

Ingrid Ralet

Sound Editor

Marc Abdelnour

Screenplay

Olivier Rausin

Co-Producer

Philippe van Leer

Foley Artist

Emmanuel Croset

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Stéphanie Selva

Makeup Artist

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