Violette Nozière
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Violette Nozière was a French parricidal female murderer who was sexual abused by her father.
The surrealists dedicated a book to her, "Violette Nozière", published in 1933 in Brussels by Editions E. L. T. Mesens's Nicolas Flamel with contributions by André Breton, René Char, Paul Éluard, Maurice Henry, E. L. T. Mesens, Benjamin Péret, Salvador Dali, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Victor Brauner, René Magritte, Hans Arp and Alberto Giacometti).
Her life story was filmed in Violette Nozière, directed by Claude Chabrol, released in 1978. She was played by Isabelle Huppert.
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