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.
as Violette Leduc
as Simone de Beauvoir
as Jacques Guérin
as Le jeune paysan
as Berthe Leduc
as Jean Genet
as Maurice Sachs
as Hermine
as Le jeune maçon
as Monsieur Motté
as Madame Belaval
as Yvon Belaval
as Marcel
as Un forain
as Ernest
as Madame Moustier
as La secrétaire des éditions Gallimard
as La libraire
as Le concierge
as La secrétaire de Jacques Guérin
as La femme de ménage
as Louis Jouvet
as L'homme sur le chemin
as Une villageoise
as La vieille dame
as Jacques, le mari de Violette
as Gaston Gallimard
as Jacques Lemarchand
as La journaliste
as Cliente librairie (uncredited)
