Violette

Violette by Martin Provost

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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.

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Cast

Emmanuelle Devos

Emmanuelle Devos as Violette Leduc

Sandrine Kiberlain

Sandrine Kiberlain as Simone de Beauvoir

Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet as Jacques Guérin

Frans Boyer

Frans Boyer as Le jeune paysan

Catherine Hiegel

Catherine Hiegel as Berthe Leduc

Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques Bonnaffé as Jean Genet

Olivier Py

Olivier Py as Maurice Sachs

Nathalie Richard

Nathalie Richard as Hermine

Stanley Weber

Stanley Weber as Le jeune maçon

Jean Toscane

Jean Toscane as Monsieur Motté

Nicole Colchat

Nicole Colchat as Madame Belaval

Fabrizio Rongione

Fabrizio Rongione as Yvon Belaval

Erwan Creignou

Erwan Creignou as Marcel

Vincent Schmitt

Vincent Schmitt as Un forain

Jean-Paul Dubois

Jean-Paul Dubois as Ernest

Paulette Frantz

Paulette Frantz as Madame Moustier

Valérie Kéruzoré

Valérie Kéruzoré as La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard

Sylvie Jobert

Sylvie Jobert as La libraire

Thierry Nenez

Thierry Nenez as Le concierge

Marie-Aline Thomassin

Marie-Aline Thomassin as La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin

Josette Ménard

Josette Ménard as La femme de ménage

Richard Chevallier

Richard Chevallier as Louis Jouvet

Florent Bigot de Nesles

Florent Bigot de Nesles as L'homme sur le chemin

Isabelle Sprung

Isabelle Sprung as Une villageoise

Claudine Acs

Claudine Acs as La vieille dame

Pierre Gribling

Pierre Gribling as Jacques, le mari de Violette

Marc Faure

Marc Faure as Gaston Gallimard

Pierre-Alain Chapuis

Pierre-Alain Chapuis as Jacques Lemarchand

Laure Sirieix

Laure Sirieix as La journaliste

Audrey Quoturi

Audrey Quoturi as Cliente librairie (uncredited)

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