Past Run
Violette
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, and, for Simone, on the conviction that she held the fate of an extraordinary writer in her hands.
“Devos triumphs in this sharply observed yet sympathetic biopic of a trailblazing feminist author....these may be [her] finest screen hours yet.”
— Scott Foundas, Variety
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 5 engagements