They walked the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival, presented new series, appeared in films and talked to us about it. A look back at the interviews that lit up our year.
Thieves, consent, nothing to lose… This year was once again rich in notable feature films. From our meetings with Virginie Efira and Félix Lefebvre to our exchanges with Cate Blanchett and Warwick Thornton, including our interview with Adele Exarchopoulos and Mélanie Laurent, 2023 offered us fascinating, funny, and sometimes touching interviews. A chance to rediscover these few moments as the end of the year holidays approach.
Mona Acash and Marion Cotillard. “Family is everything that builds, that can also destroy”
In Little Girl BlueMona Acach follows in the footsteps of her mother, Carol, an author and photographer, to solve the mystery of her disappearance in 2016. A fictional film that recreates the life of the latter, starring Marion Cotillard. The actress especially mentioned that Madame Figaro, his preparation for this role and his vision for the family.
Virginia Efira and Felix Lefebvre. “There really is no good parent”
They play the role of a mother and her son There’s nothing to lose, presented in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. A film about a family that falls apart when the youngest child is taken care of after an accident. Virginie Efira and Félix Lefebvre discuss the precision with which director Delfina Deluge approached the subject and return to the shoot that sealed their bond. As well as a slightly special 2023 festival.
Leticia Casta and Kim Higel.Consent is a necessary film”
In Consent, by Vanessa Filho, they play a mother and her teenage daughter, faced with the influence of writer Gabriel Matzneff. Lætitia Casta and Kim Higelin had a chat Madame Figaro on the set of the feature film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Vanessa Springora.
Diane Kruger and Mathieu Kasowitz. “I decided to stop lying.”
For their first meeting in the cinema, Diane Kruger and Mathieu Kasowitz chose the fascinating world of director Jan Gozlan. In GhostsThey play Estelle and Guillaume, a happy couple despite their very demanding jobs, who will see their lives turned upside down when Estelle reunites with an ex-lover.
Vanessa Paradis and Euan Bourdeles. “I will be successful in raising my children if they live with people who make them happy”
How did Vanessa Pardis manage her popularity in the early days? The star answers this in our Entre-Deux interview on the occasion of the release Teenagers Hugo P. by Thomas, in which she plays the mother of Jordan, played by Euan Bourdelais. The young actor shines here in the skin of a teenager who fakes an illness to afford a new game console.
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Danny Boon. “I told myself very early on that you have to make people laugh to make things better”
“My best memory of filming is the first scene we played,” says Charlotte Gainsbourg. That’s my meeting with the character of Danny. Because everything in this scene was a challenge. It was as exciting as it was terrifying.” The actress and Danny Boone spoke to the microphone Madame Figaro on the occasion of their film release Life in reality. The story of a man who spent his life at Club Med and arrives in Paris to reunite with his childhood love. Funny and tender comedy.
Alex Lutz and Francois Damiens. “It was interesting for me to tell the story from a child’s point of view”
They play the role of an abbot and a professor War of the LulusBy Ian Samuel. Accomplices in the city, as on screen, Alex Lutz and Francois Damiens confided. Madame Figaro, in turn evoking their encounter or favorite scenes from the fictional film. All in a friendly atmosphere, just like the film they champion.
Leila Bechty and Jonathan Cohen. “I’d like to make Will Ferrell laugh”
Airing on Amazon Prime Video, “LOL. Among them are the two inseparable Leila Bechty and Jonathan Cohen, who, for Madame Figarolooked back on their first meeting, their laughter and their masters in comic terms.
Cate Blanchett and Warwick Thornton. “Women often do similar things to men, and it’s refreshing.”
In The new guy By Warwick Thornton, Cate Blanchett plays a nun who runs an orphanage lost in the Australian bush that welcomes an Aboriginal child with strange powers. A beautiful, enigmatic film that the actress, producer and director also championed in the Un Certain Regards selection at Cannes this year.
Adele Exarchopoulos and Melanie Laurent. “The scene I will remember for the rest of my life is when I broke my nose”
Adele Exarchopoulos and Mélanie Laurent play two robbers bound by life and death Thieves, his new film, available on Netflix. Together, they recall a colorful shoot in which they starred with Isabelle Ajani, laughed a lot, and performed perhaps the most dangerous stunts of their lives. Heart and action in front of and behind the camera, in a film where their complicity shines.
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Source: Le Figaro
