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  • 2014
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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
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  • 2 h 19 m

Summary Violette Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos), born out of wedlock at the beginning of the 20th century, encountered Simone de Beauvoir in the post-WWII years in St-Germain-des-Prés. An intense relationship began between the two women, which would last their whole lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom through writing, for Violette, an...

Directed By: Martin Provost

Written By: Marc Abdelnour, René de Ceccatty, Martin Provost

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Adopt Films
  • 2 h 19 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Adopt Films
  • 2 h 19 m

Violette

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Violette Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos), born out of wedlock at the beginning of the 20th century, encountered Simone de Beauvoir in the post-WWII years in St-Germain-des-Prés. An intense relationship began between the two women, which would last their whole lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom through writing, for Violette, an...

Directed By: Martin Provost

Written By: Marc Abdelnour, René de Ceccatty, Martin Provost

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
11 Reviews
21% Mixed
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91
Jun 12, 2014
In Martin Provost’s graceful biopic, Emmanuelle Devos plays Leduc as a powder keg of a woman who used her loneliness and insecurity as the explosive fuel for her work.
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90
Jun 10, 2014
Provost's film, like its heroine, is full of active, sparking nerves.
By Abby Garnett FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 12, 2014
It’s a movie about coming to peace with solitude, leagues beyond most biopics.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 13, 2014
“Séraphine” was haunting; Violette, for all its writhings, is familiar.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 9, 2014
By focusing on the tumultuous friendship between Violette LeDuc and Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Provost creates not so much a dichotomy of femininity as a funhouse mirror of it.
By David Lee Dallas FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 21, 2014
Violette demonstrates how suffering produces great art, and that the artist isn’t the only one who suffers for it.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
42
Jun 12, 2014
A few excerpts of Leduc’s prose spoken in voiceover, expressing the same feelings poetically, can’t compensate for over two hours of maudlin self-pity. It’s so annoying that dull shots of Leduc writing serve as a welcome respite.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Production Company TS Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Climax Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Région Limousin, Canal+, France Télévisions, Ciné+, TV5MONDE, Belgacom, Palatine Étoile 10, La Banque Postale Image 6, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa, MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Release Date Jun 13, 2014
Duration 2 h 19 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.moviola.jp/violette/
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Awards

Haifa International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 1 Nomination

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