Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.
Cast
Emmanuelle Devos
Violette Leduc
Sandrine Kiberlain
Simone de Beauvoir
Olivier Gourmet
Jacques Guérin
Frans Boyer
Le jeune paysan
Catherine Hiegel
Berthe Leduc
Jacques Bonnaffé
Jean Genet
Olivier Py
Maurice Sachs
Nathalie Richard
Hermine
Stanley Weber
Le jeune maçon
Jean Toscane
Monsieur Motté
Nicole Colchat
Madame Belaval
Fabrizio Rongione
Yvon Belaval
Erwan Creignou
Marcel
Vincent Schmitt
Un forain
Jean-Paul Dubois
Ernest
Paulette Frantz
Madame Moustier
Valérie Kéruzoré
La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard
Sylvie Jobert
La libraire
Thierry Nenez
Le concierge
Marie-Aline Thomassin
La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin
Josette Ménard
La femme de ménage
Richard Chevallier
Louis Jouvet
Florent Bigot de Nesles
L'homme sur le chemin
Isabelle Sprung
Une villageoise
Claudine Acs
La vieille dame
Pierre Gribling
Jacques, le mari de Violette
Marc Faure
Gaston Gallimard
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Jacques Lemarchand
Laure Sirieix
La journaliste
Audrey Quoturi
Cliente librairie (uncredited)
Crew
Martin Provost
Director, Screenplay
Marc Abdelnour
Screenplay
René de Ceccatty
Screenplay
Ludo Troch
Editor
Yves Cape
Director of Photography
Miléna Poylo
Producer
Gilles Sacuto
Producer
Olivier Rausin
Co-Producer
Thierry François
Production Design
Marie-France Michel
Casting
Brigitte Moidon
Casting
Madeline Fontaine
Costume Design
Aude Thomas Fidon
Hairstylist
Stéphanie Selva
Makeup Artist
Ingrid Ralet
Sound Editor
Emmanuel Croset
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pascal Jasmes
Sound
Philippe van Leer
Foley Artist
Emmanuel de Boissieu
Foley Mixer
Hugues Tabar-Nouval
Original Music Composer
Arvo Pärt
Additional Soundtrack
Valérie Le Docte
Dialogue Editor
Catherine Jarrier-Prieur
Set Decoration
