Entertainment · November 5, 2026
Sony Pictures Classics Takes Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 'Violette'
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Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired the distribution rights for Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s upcoming film 'Violette' for the United States, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. The movie, which stars Leïla Bekhti, Melvil Poupaud, and Matthias Schoenaerts, is based on Valérie Perrin’s international bestselling novel 'Fresh Water for Flowers.' This project marks the fourth collaboration between SPC and Jeunet, following their previous releases of 'The City of Lost Children,' 'Amélie,' and 'Micmacs.'
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Sony Pictures Classics Takes Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ‘Violette’ for U.S.
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Sony Pictures Classics Takes Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 'Violette'
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Reported by multiple outlets
- Sony Pictures Classics acquired the rights to 'Violette' for the U.S., Latin America, and Southeast Asia
- The film is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- This is the fourth collaboration between Sony Pictures Classics and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- The movie stars Leïla Bekhti and Matthias Schoenaerts
- The film is based on Valérie Perrin’s bestseller 'Fresh Water for Flowers'
- The plot involves a cemetery caretaker whose life is disrupted by a mysterious stranger
Reported by only some outlets
- The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline include Melvil Poupaud in the starring cast
- Deadline notes the film was adapted by Jeunet alongside Guillaume Laurant
- The Hollywood Reporter specifies the mysterious stranger wants to deposit his mother's ashes on a stranger's gravesite
- Deadline reports the original book won the Maison de la Presse Prize and Paperback Readers Prize
Confirmed
- Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the rights to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 'Violette' for the U.S., Latin America, and Southeast Asia
- The film is an adaptation of 'Fresh Water for Flowers' by Valérie Perrin
- The project is the fourth partnership between the director and the distributor
- The cast includes Leïla Bekhti and Matthias Schoenaerts
Reported
- The director adapted the film with screenwriter Guillaume Laurant (Deadline)
- The film follows a cemetery caretaker whose life is disrupted by a stranger depositing ashes (The Hollywood Reporter)
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