Adele Exarchopoulos attends the Jacquemus fashion show. (Versailles, June 26, 2023) Pierre Suu/Getty Images
The French actress told Keeper his meeting with Jane Birkin when he was 13 years old and took his first steps in the cinema boxesa feature film directed by a recently deceased British French actress.
This is the story of the meeting between a pre-teen girl and a French film and song icon. At the age of 13, Adele Exarchopoulos goes to the home of the person who will give her her first opportunity in the cinema, Jane Birk. in an interview with Keeper The Palme d’Or actress, released on August 20, returned on a day she has fond memories of.
While one was preparing to make his debut on the big screen, the other was trying to make a feature film for the first time. In boxesJane Birkin, released in 2007, tells the autobiographical story of a mother of three daughters who confronts the wounds of her past and opens up about her memories. Adele Exarchopoulos shares the bill there with Lou Dullion and Natasha Regnier.
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Bathroom and Toblerone
To play the role of his youngest daughter, he chose the young Adele, then 13 years old, whom he then invited to his home. “I remember going to the bathroom to wash my hands,” says Exarchopoulos. This is where I saw a clawfoot tub for the first time in my life. A mini Toblerone bowl was placed next to it. So I asked him. “Why do you eat chocolate when you bathe? This is so cool.” And Jane said: “Do you want to stay there? You can bathe and eat chocolate.”
Adele Exarchopoulos with Michelle Piccoli and Jane Birkin and the cast of the film boxesAt the 60th Cannes Film Festival, 2007. (Cannes, France). Hahn-Nebinger-Orban / Hahn-Nebinger-Orban/ABACA
“Really kind and caring”
the actress of the same name Adele’s life Palme d’Or 2013 is full of praise for Birkin. “He was the person who gave me a chance. Really kind, caring and loving.” Over the following years, the two women met again several times, but this first memory always accompanied Adele as she pursued her career. “Cinema is about experiencing really intense things with people, for a while, and then you all go back to your everyday life. Later it’s like a “mini-death”, you suddenly don’t share this intimacy anymore, but you have this eternal tenderness for these people. Shooting movies is like little summer love stories,” he sums up.
Since the disappearance of the English favorite of the French on July 16, such anecdotes and tributes have abounded. A common memory of Jane Birkin’s tenderness, joy of living and kindness.
Source: Le Figaro
