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A few minutes after opening 48e At the César ceremony, the French actress paid tribute to the Ukrainian people a year after Russia invaded the country.
“This 48e Caesar’s ceremony is dedicated to Ukraine and all its inhabitants.” As French cinema honors its best talents, this Friday, February 24, at the Olympia in Paris, Juliette Binoche wanted to pay tribute to and by Ukrainians, 365 days after the invasion of Russia. “One year ago, to this day, the Russian army violated the territorial integrity of Ukraine by order of its president,” the multi-award winning actress begins, facing the camera broadcast a few minutes before the coup. mail
Juliette Binoche gave a joyful testimony of this war. The Ukrainian who lost his family. “I’ve heard they’re all dying. Misha was breathing heavily, as if he was trying to get rid of the stove, but he couldn’t. At some point he froze,” says the translator of the newspaper English patient, in tears. Then to continue, the muffled voice. And then I heard Pauline cry. He also died. My mother told me that my son called me several times and then he was silent. Forever. He was 14 years old.”
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“How not to betray when we are not there?”
Very excited, Juliette Binoche continues to talk about commitment. “We are people first and foremost, shocked by what other people are going through right now. For us, whose job is to tell people stories, how can we not betray when we are not there? he wonders. And obviously, he has the answer. “Not getting used to the horror that the testimony makes us feel, or the helplessness in which it plunges us, but, in our measure, to deal with the smallest things that we do and can bring sweetness, meaning and beauty, maybe love. If only to another person.”
This year, she was nominated for Best Actress for her role Wistreham, the 58-year-old French woman ends the video by supporting the Ukrainian people. “Volodymyr Zelensky was an actor, he became an embodiment of courage with those around him, like all men, women and children who suffer from the horror of war, hoping that it will end soon. Every death is an unbearable burden for humanity.”
In March 2022, he who does not hesitate to commit has already taken a position on the topic of the war in Ukraine. Along with thirty other personalities from the world of art, cinema, literature, music, including Jim Jarmusch, Marlis Petersen or Michael Stipe, he signed a column published in 1998. The worldto call on the international community to take direct action to end this war.
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Source: Le Figaro
