Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the two women that will last throughout their lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom through writing for Violette and conviction for Simone to have in their hands the fate of an extraordinary writer.... (Full plot summary below)
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Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the two women that will last throughout their lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom through writing for Violette and conviction for Simone to have in their hands the fate of an extraordinary writer.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA triumphant biopicture about an immensely creative bisexual woman who has been called France's greatest unknown writer. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonFrank, harsh, emotionally harrowing and, much like its subject, difficult. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneKristin TillotsonNot since Jane Campion's "Angel at My Table" has there been such a moving and meticulously crafted period biopic about a tortured feminist writer who deserves wider recognition. |
| AV ClubMike D'AngeloA 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. |
| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniIt'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. |
| OregonianMarc MohanThroughout, Devos manages to capture the passion that made Leduc so difficult to deal with at times, but which also compelled her to put her unvarnished thoughts and experiences down on the page. |
| Montreal GazetteT'Cha DunlevyBiopics are too often lifeless affairs, weighed down by historical plot points and never really finding their own narrative groove. Not so for Martin Provost's enthralling Violette. |
| Windy City TimesRichard KnightThe movie really captures the often lonely, torturous existence of the true artist-a huge feat in itself. |
| Little White LiesTrevor JohnstonA deeply satisfying combination of fascinating subject, ace performers and refined directorial sensibility. |
| San Jose Mercury NewsRandy MyersFew films have conveyed with such understanding about how a creative soul taps into all that interior turmoil and then somehow shape these thoughts into artful prose that can scald and heal. |
