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Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ‘Violette’ Sets Full Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts and Melvil Poupaud Join Leila Bekhti in Studiocanal’s Drama (EXCLUSIVE)

'Amelie' director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has assembled an international cast for his next film, 'Violette,' which Studiocanal will start selling at Cannes.

“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 l’eau des fleurs”), which sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Matthias Schoenaerts (“Rust and Bone”), Melvil Poupaud (“Jeanne du Barry”), Anouk Grinberg (“The Innocent”), Sergio Castellitto (“Conclave”) and Alban Lenoir (“Lost Bullet”) have joined the cast and will star opposite Cesar-winning French actor Leila Bekhti (“All Your Faces, “My Mother, God and Sylvie Vartan”), who was previously announced. “Violette” is produced by Carlo Degli Esposti and Nicola Serra at Palomar (“Piranhas,” “The Count of Monte Cristo”), and Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber at 24 25 Films (“Black Box,” “Kabul”).

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