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Violette

Play trailer Poster for Violette 2013,  2h 19m,  Biography/ Drama/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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The life and work of French novelist Violette Leduc.
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Led by an outstanding performance from Emmanuelle Devos, Violette is a rewarding, bracingly honest look at social mores and the literary life.

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David Lewis San Francisco Chronicle Jun 30, 2020
This well-acted, wonderfully photographed biopic explores the troubled life of French feminist author Violette Leduc and her complicated ties to Simone de Beauvoir... Go to Full Review
Missy Schwartz Entertainment Weekly Dec 3, 2014
A-
She [Emmanuelle Devos] gives a tremendous performance, somehow managing to turn an emotion as ugly as self-loathing into something beautiful to behold. Go to Full Review
Kate Muir The Times (UK) Oct 3, 2014
2/5
[Leduc] remains a small and rather irritating sideshow to the more powerful St Germain crowd, and the focus on her life is surprisingly dull. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Aug 30, 2019
3.5/5
As a portrait of the relationship between these two women, the film is exceptionally engaging and engrossing. Emmanuelle Devos and Sandrine Kiberlaine deliver rewarding performances, strikingly at odds as they are genuinely complimentary. Go to Full Review
D.W. Mault CineVue Apr 3, 2019
3/5
It's refreshing to see a film that centres on a daring female creative who is just as self-indulgent and self-pitying as any male artist. Go to Full Review
Ren Jender Bitch Flicks Mar 12, 2019
[Violette] is a nice change in that it focuses on not one, but two women writers who work hard over a period of years to become successful artists (both critically and financially) in their own right. Go to Full Review
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Albus M Jul 22, 2017 Interesting movie about Violette Leduc. It shows the difference between Violette and Simone De Beauvoir: two types of women and writers. See more
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Martin Provost

Director

Emmanuelle Devos

Violette Leduc

Sandrine Kiberlain

Simone de Beauvoir

Olivier Gourmet

Jacques Guérin

Catherine Hiegel

Berthe Leduc

Jacques Bonnaffé

Jean Genet

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Synopsis The life and work of French novelist Violette Leduc.
Director
Martin Provost
Producer
Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto
Screenwriter
Martin Provost, Martin Provost
Production Co
Climax Films, TS Productions, Centre National de la Cinematographie, France 3 Cinéma
Genre
Biography, Drama, Romance
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2015
Runtime
2h 19m
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