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Violette
- Director: Martin Provost
- Writer: Martin Provost; Marc Abdelnour
- Producer: Myrina Mané; Miléna Poylo
CGiii Comment
Violette Leduc, a forgotten feminist writer...
Perhaps, she has been brushed under the carpet for a reason?!?
This posthumous tribute is atmospheric, beautifully shot and too long by far.
When Genet and de Beauvoir are in the picture, it gets interesting...otherwise, the nihilistic Leduc becomes a wearisome burden.
Troubled writers write - they should not be watched.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the two women that will last throughout their lives, relationship based on the quest for freedom by writing to Violet and conviction for Simone to have in their hands the fate of an extraordinary writer.
Cast & Characters
Emmanuelle Devos as Violette Leduc;
Sandrine Kiberlain as Simone de Beauvoir;
Olivier Gourmet as Jacques Guerin;
Catherine Hiegel as Berthe Leduc;
Jacques Bonnaffe as Jean Genet;
Olivier Py as Maurice Sachs;
Nathalie Richard as Hermine;
Stanley Weber as Le jeune macon;
Jean Toscan as Monsieur Motte
Frans Boyer as Le jeune paysan