"If you start writing an autobiography you have to go all the way" asserted Violette Leduc. Homosexuality, abortion, bastardness, she confronted all of the 50's taboo topics without any hypocrisy. Her "intrepid sincerity" brought her admiration and support from Simone de Beauvoir. Inspired by Violette's poetic style, the film draws the portrait of a great author ahead of her time. A hymn to freedom and to the magic in words.