Violette

Catherine Hiegel as Berthe Leduc Erwan Creignou as Marcel Sylvie Jobert as La libraire Audrey Quoturi as Cliente librairie (uncredited) Sandrine Kiberlain as Simone de Beauvoir Nathalie Richard as Hermine Jean Toscane as Monsieur Motté Vincent Schmitt as Un forain Jacques Bonnaffé as Jean Genet Josette Ménard as La femme de ménage Florent Bigot de Nesles as L'homme sur le chemin Isabelle Sprung as Une villageoise Fabrizio Rongione as Yvon Belaval Claudine Acs as La vieille dame Frans Boyer as Le jeune paysan Stanley Weber as Le jeune maçon Jean-Paul Dubois as Ernest Valérie Kéruzoré as La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard Thierry Nenez as Le concierge Olivier Gourmet as Jacques Guérin Nicole Colchat as Madame Belaval Marie-Aline Thomassin as La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin Pierre Gribling as Jacques, le mari de Violette Marc Faure as Gaston Gallimard Paulette Frantz as Madame Moustier Pierre-Alain Chapuis as Jacques Lemarchand Laure Sirieix as La journaliste Emmanuelle Devos as Violette Leduc Olivier Py as Maurice Sachs Richard Chevallier as Louis Jouvet

Martin Provost Screenplay, Director Madeline Fontaine Costume Design Marie-France Michel Casting Gilles Sacuto Producer Brigitte Moidon Casting Emmanuel Croset Sound Re-Recording Mixer Miléna Poylo Producer Philippe van Leer Foley Artist Arvo Pärt Additional Soundtrack Emmanuel de Boissieu Foley Mixer