Violette
Drama
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2013
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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.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Runtime:
132 min
Release date:
6 Sep 2013
Country:
BE, FR
Languages:
French, Italian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
So compelling, even thrilling, in its frank depictions of female sexual voracity, professional egotism and twisted variants on the Electra complex that it's easy to overlook [its] shaggy, uneven plotting.
– Inkoo Kang,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jun 2014
fresh:
A literate, leisurely and lovely telling of one woman's attempt to find what Virginia Woolf famously called "a room of one's own."
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
10 Jul 2014
fresh:
It's a perfect approach to Leduc, whose work is so grounded in the messy, fleshy realities of life, it scandalized critics with its frank treatment of taboo subjects such as lesbianism and incest.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
18 Jul 2014
rotten:
"Violette" demonstrates how suffering produces great art, and that the artist isn't the only one who suffers for it.
– Peter Keough,
Boston Globe,
21 Aug 2014
fresh:
She [Emmanuelle Devos] gives a tremendous performance, somehow managing to turn an emotion as ugly as self-loathing into something beautiful to behold.
– Missy Schwartz,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Dec 2014