Violette (FCP 2026)
重拾新生活 (FCP 2026)
- Released
- 10 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Original title
- Changer l'Eau des Fleurs
- Language
- fr
The verdict
There are not yet enough audience votes to give this a reliable score. It is not currently playing in Hong Kong cinemas. 137 minutes.
What it is about
The peaceful life of Violette, a cemetery caretaker in a small town in Burgundy, is disrupted when a local police chief’s arrival uncovers long-buried secrets, pushing her to face her past to take another chance on life and love.
Q/A with the director Jean-Pierre Jeunet after the screening on 18 NOVEMBER at PREMIERE ELEMENTS.
What to expect
Jean-Pierre Jeunet trades the whimsical Paris of Amélie for a small-town Burgundy cemetery, where Violette (Leila Bekhti) keeps the graves and her own counsel. When a police chief (Matthias Schoenaerts) arrives, the quiet order she has built begins to crack, forcing her to reckon with what she has buried. The 137-minute runtime gives the cast — including Anouk Grinberg and Melvil Poupaud — room to work in a register that is more subdued than Jeunet’s earlier movies, but his eye for texture and odd, tender detail is still there.
This is a French Cinepanorama title, opening in Hong Kong on 10 October 2026. French dialogue, English subtitles. The 18 November screening at PREMIERE ELEMENTS is followed by a Q&A with Jeunet.
Trailer
Cast
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Leila Bekhti
Violette Toussaint -
Matthias Schoenaerts
Philippe Toussaint -
Anouk Grinberg
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Melvil Poupaud
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Alban Lenoir
-
Sergio Castellitto
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Philippe Uchan
-
Dominique Pinon
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Natacha Lindinger
- Elodie Batard Gaultier Léonine
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Philippe Rebbot
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Clotilde Mollet
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Claire Nadeau
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Émilie Gavois-Kahn
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Bruno Lochet
Crew
- Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Screenplay Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Screenplay Guillaume Laurant
- Screenplay Valérie Perrin
- Director of Photography Thomas Hardmeier
- Editor Hervé Schneid
- Producer Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Executive Producer Jean-Marc Deschamps
- Executive Producer Benjamin Hess
- Producer Carlo Degli Esposti
- Producer Nicola Serra
- Producer Thibault Gast
- Producer Matthias Weber
Common questions
- How long is the movie?
- 137 minutes.
- What language is it in, and are there subtitles?
- French with English subtitles.
- Is there a Q&A screening?
- Yes — 18 November at PREMIERE ELEMENTS includes a post-screening Q&A with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
- What is the age rating?
- The certificate has not been published yet. Check with the cinema before booking.
