Violette (2013)2h12
Drama
Director Martin Provost
Also directed How to Be a Good Wife, The Midwife, Séraphine, and 4 more
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
Sandrine Kiberlain
Olivier Gourmet
Frans Boyer
Catherine Hiegel
Jacques Bonnaffé
Olivier Py
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