Directed by:
Martin ProvostCinematography:
Yves CapeComposer:
Hugues Tabar-NouvalCast:
Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Hiegel, Jacques Bonnaffé, Olivier Py, Nathalie Richard, Stanley Weber, Fabrizio Rongione (more)Plots(1)
Violette Leduc, born out of wedlock at the beginning of the 20th century, encountered Simone de Beauvoir in the post-WWII years in St-Germain-des-Prés. An intense relationship began between the two women, which would last their whole lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom through writing, for Violette, and, for Simone, on the conviction that she held the fate of an extraordinary writer in her hands. (Adopt Films)
(more)Cast
![Emmanuelle Devos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/244/163244879_2a85c4.jpg)
Emmanuelle Devos
France
Best movies:
The Other Son (2012)
In the Beginning (2009)
The Adversary (2002)
![Sandrine Kiberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/959/162959244_06ad70.png)
Sandrine Kiberlain
France
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Little Nicholas (2009)
The Apartment (1996)
![Olivier Gourmet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627061_43c71a.jpg)
Olivier Gourmet
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
The Promise (1996)
Rosetta (1999)
![Catherine Hiegel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247542_2edaf5.jpg)
Catherine Hiegel
France
Best movies:
Widow's Walk (1987)
It Only Happens to Others (1971)
L'Homme est une femme comme les autres (1998)
![Jacques Bonnaffé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/746/160746783_55898e.png)
Jacques Bonnaffé
France
Best movies:
Who Knows (2001)
The Devils (2002)
Cockles and Muscles (2005)
![Olivier Py](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/154/161154973_654e66.png)
Olivier Py
France
Best movies:
Colonel Chabert (1994)
Violette (2013)
Funny Bones (1995)
![Nathalie Richard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/407/159407367_1c2a4d.jpg)
Nathalie Richard
France
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
After Love (2020)
The Wild Boys (2017)
![Stanley Weber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/650/160650075_17237b.jpg)
Stanley Weber
France
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Fabrizio Rongione](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271251_3dba58.jpg)
Fabrizio Rongione
Belgium
Richard Chevallier
Best movies:
Café de Flore (2011)
Violette (2013)
Goodbye to Language (2014)
Nicole Colchat
Belgium
Best movies:
A Whole Night (1982)
Night and Day (1991)
Violette (2013)
Thierry Nenez
France
Best movies:
Shut Up! (2003)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
Marcelino, pan y vino (1991)
Sylvie Jobert
Best movies:
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Violette (2013)
Jean Toscan
Best movies:
The Specialists (1985)
The Outsider (1983)
The Judge (1984)
Audrey Quoturi
France
Best movies:
Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
In Her Name (2016)
Samba (2014)
Paulette Frantz
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Mother (1991)
La Ronde (1950)
Isabelle Sprung
Best movies:
Chaos (2001)
The Banned Woman (1997)
Violette (2013)
Frans Boyer
France
Best movies:
See You Up There (2017)
Point Blank (2010)
Farewell Mr Haffmann (2021)
![Vincent Schmitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532270_ae7afb.png)
Vincent Schmitt
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Ronin (1998)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
Erwan Creignou
Best movies:
Lady of Izieu (2007) (TV movie)
La Petite Fadette (2004) (TV movie)
Violette (2013)