In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Isabelle Huppert | ... | Violette Nozière | |
| Stéphane Audran | ... | Germaine Nozière | |
| Jean Carmet | ... | Baptiste Nozière | |
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Jean-François Garreaud | ... | Jean Dabin |
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Guy Hoffmann | ... | Le juge / Judge |
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Jean Dalmain | ... | Émile |
| Lisa Langlois | ... | Maddy | |
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François Maistre | ... | Monsieur Mayeul |
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Philippe Procot | ... | Me Vésine-Larue |
| Bernard Alane | ... | Le fils Pinguet | |
| Mario David | ... | Le directeur de la prison / Prison director | |
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Henri-Jacques Huet | ... | Le commissaire Guillaume / Commissioner Guilleaume |
| Fabrice Luchini | ... | Camus, l'étudiant | |
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Greg Germain | ... | Le musicien noir (as Grégory Germain) |
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Zoé Chauveau | ... | Zoé |
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In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.
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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
7 October 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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CAD 1,360,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
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Music by Jean Lenoir
Lyrics by Jean Lenoir
Performed by Lucienne Boyer
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The first time that director Claude Chabrol worked with actress Isabelle Huppert. They would later work together on: Story of Women (1988), Madame Bovary (1991), La Cérémonie (1995), The Swindle (1997), Merci pour le Chocolat (2000), and Comedy of Power (2006). See more »Connections
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Parlez-moi d'AmourMusic by Jean Lenoir
Lyrics by Jean Lenoir
Performed by Lucienne Boyer
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Paris in the early 1930s: Fourteen-year-old girl Violette has relationships with various men and is disenchanted with her parents, who show no compassion for the girl's problems. How can they be solved? Not one of director Chabrol strongest works, film is buoyed by exceptional camerawork (Jean Rabier) and an appropriately melancholy performance by Huppert as the young girl. Interesting mainly for Chabrol enthusiasts, others beware of the complicated narrative structure. Most reviews reveal too much of the plot! From a novel by Jean-Marie Fitère, which is based on a true case.