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.
Isabelle Huppert
as Violette Nozière
Stéphane Audran
as Germaine Nozière
Jean Carmet
as Baptiste Nozière
Jean-François Garreaud
as Jean Dabin
Lisa Langlois
as Maddy
Bernard Alane
as Pinguet
François Maistre
as Mayeul
Jean Dalmain
as Étienne
Guy Hoffmann
as Juge
Dora Doll
as Madame Mayeul
Jean Parédès
as Chanteur
Jeanne Herviale
as Grand-mère