Violette

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A finely nuanced portrait of Violette LeDuc, one of the foremost French writers of the 20th century. VIOLETTE depicts LeDuc's extraordinary life, from her low beginnings as the illegitimate daughte...

A finely nuanced portrait of Violette LeDuc, one of the foremost French writers of the 20th century. VIOLETTE depicts LeDuc's extraordinary life, from her low beginnings as the illegitimate daughter of a servant girl to becoming ensconced in France's literary elite. In spite of her wretched years as an unwanted child, followed by tense years as a black marketeer during WWII, Violette LeDuc is determined to make something of her life. Writing is her ticket out of misery, and with the encouragement and mentorship of legendary intellectual Simone de Beauvoir, Violette achieves admiration, renown and controversy for her emotionally raw novels and memoirs. Official selection of the **BFI London Film Festival** and the **Toronto International Film Festival.** "*A literate, leisurely and lovely telling of one woman's attempt to find what Virginia Woolf famously called "a room of one's own."*" - Moira MacDonald, ***The Seattle Times***

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