Violette

Violette

MS14

Genre

Drama, Romance, Biography

Director

Martin Provost

Run time

2h 19min

Cast

Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Catherine Hiegel, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Py

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.

In French with English subtitles

Genre

Drama, Romance, Biography

Director

Martin Provost

Run time

2h 19min

Cast

Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Catherine Hiegel, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Py

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.

In French with English subtitles

Info

Rating

Under 14 Not Recommended

Production year

2013

Global distributor

Doc and Film International

Local distributor

Prantsuse Instituut

In cinema

11/19/2013