Violette
2013 · 2 h 19 min
Cast
Emmanuelle Devos 
Sandrine Kiberlain 
Olivier Gourmet Catherine Hiegel 
Jacques Bonnaffé Olivier Py
Credits
Written by: 
Martin Provost
Plot
Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc becomes a writer and finds a champion in Simone de Beauvoir.
Sinekatalog’s take
Martin Provost's biopic, with Emmanuelle Devos and Sandrine Kiberlain, is intense and moving, a strong portrait of a difficult woman.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (2,324 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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