Violette
2013, drama
132 minutes
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...
Cast
Violette Leduc
Simone de Beauvoir
Jacques Guérin
Le jeune paysan
Berthe Leduc
Jean Genet
Maurice Sachs
Hermine
Le jeune maçon
Monsieur Motté
Madame Belaval
Yvon Belaval
Marcel
Un forain
Ernest
Madame Moustier
La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard
La libraire
Le concierge
La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin
La femme de ménage
Louis Jouvet
L'homme sur le chemin
Une villageoise
La vieille dame
Jacques, le mari de Violette
Gaston Gallimard
Jacques Lemarchand
La journaliste
Cliente librairie (uncredited)
Crew
Art
Production design
Set decoration
Camera
Directing
Director
Editing
Editor
Sound
Original music composer
Writing
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