French Film VIOLETTE-bio. of writer VIOLETTE LeDuc est blanc

The French film VIOLETTE is a biopic of French writer Violette LeDuc (1907-72) whose books were somewhat shocking,  heaven knows, and then au riguer in France.  This is an esoteric literary art film that is dull.  Dir/co-writer & actor Martin Provost (Seraphine) made a visually stunning film set in Paris & the French countryside about avante garde writers which sounds good on paper but as a film, it's as exciting as watching someone else write.  Violette is played by French actress Emmanuelle Devos (Coco Before Chanel) whose melodrama & psychosis are wearisome.  Simone deBevoir clandestinely financed LeDuc and was her staunchest support despite numerous publishers' refusals to print LeDuc's work without major editing and censorship. LeDuc was infamous for daring to write what no other woman had before regarding lesbian sex, abortion, women's sexuality & struggles.  Her writings were greatly admired by her famous peers: Sarte, Camus, Cocteau and Genet.  Albert Camus was first to publish "In the Prison of Her Skin."  It wasn't until her memoir La Batarde was published in '64 did she gain fame & financial security.  The compilation of this literary biopic is marde.