Violette

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

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