Movie: Violette Nozière

Top 10 Billed Cast

Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert

Violette Nozière

Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran

Germaine Nozière

Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet

Baptiste Nozière

Jean-François Garreaud
Jean-François Garreaud

Jean Dabin

Lisa Langlois
Lisa Langlois

Maddy

Bernard Alane
Bernard Alane

Pinguet's son

François Maistre
François Maistre

Monsieur Mayeul

Jean Dalmain
Jean Dalmain

Émile

Guy Hoffmann
Guy Hoffmann

Judge

Dora Doll
Dora Doll

Madame Mayeul

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    Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.

  • Release Date

    1978-05-24

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    6.673

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    Français
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