Americans put a lot of stock in being likable. Pollsters take surveys of the president's likability. Test screenings check whether we like the characters in movies. And when a literary novelist like ...

"Amelie" director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has assembled a high-profile international cast for his next film, "Violette," based on Valérie Perrin's literary sensation "Fresh Water for Flowers" ("Changer ...

ANCHOR INTRO: If the new Transformers movie is too big, loud, and empty-headed, KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando has a smart, literate, French film opening this weekend at Landmark as an alternate ...

'Violette' is produced by Italy's Palomar and France's 24 25 Films, two companies that are part of Mediawan. The movie, which wrapped shooting on location in France in September, is an adaptation of ...

The bisexual novelist and memoirist Violette Leduc was born in 1907, the illegitimate offspring of a maid and her employer. Ledoc's education was interrupted by the first World War, but she eventually ...

Set near the end of World War II, Violette follows the life of controversial French author Violette Leduc as she struggles to make a living from her writings about female sexuality. Her every action ...

EXCLUSIVE: Venice winner Sacro GRA sells to eight more territories. Doc & Film International has closed multiple deals on Martin Provost’s recent Toronto world premiere Violette including a US sale to ...

I am attracted to the latest film from a director whose entire oeuvre I am familiar with, as well as the first film from an unknown talent. I can be equally thrilled by a big-budget Hollywood movie ...

Martin Provost's second biopic of a French female artist stars Emmanuelle Devos and Sandrine Kiberlain as Violette Leduc and her mentor/object of desire Simone de Beauvoir. By Boyd van Hoeij The film ...

"Violette," the next film by"Amelie" director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, will be introduced by Studiocanal to buyers at the Cannes film market. “Amelie” director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has assembled a ...