Violette
6.009
132 minutes
9/6/2013
Overview
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.
Cast List
Emmanuelle Devos
as Violette Leduc
Sandrine Kiberlain
as Simone de Beauvoir
Olivier Gourmet
as Jacques Guérin
Frans Boyer
as Le jeune paysan
Catherine Hiegel
as Berthe Leduc
Jacques Bonnaffé
as Jean Genet
Olivier Py
as Maurice Sachs
Nathalie Richard
as Hermine
Stanley Weber
as Le jeune maçon
Jean Toscane
as Monsieur Motté
Nicole Colchat
as Madame Belaval
Fabrizio Rongione
as Yvon Belaval
Erwan Creignou
as Marcel
Vincent Schmitt
as Un forain
Jean-Paul Dubois
as Ernest
Paulette Frantz
as Madame Moustier
Valérie Kéruzoré
as La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard
Sylvie Jobert
as La libraire
Thierry Nenez
as Le concierge
Marie-Aline Thomassin
as La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin
Josette Ménard
as La femme de ménage
Richard Chevallier
as Louis Jouvet
Florent Bigot de Nesles
as L'homme sur le chemin
Isabelle Sprung
as Une villageoise
Claudine Acs
as La vieille dame
Pierre Gribling
as Jacques, le mari de Violette
Marc Faure
as Gaston Gallimard
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
as Jacques Lemarchand
Laure Sirieix
as La journaliste
Audrey Quoturi
as Cliente librairie (uncredited)