“Cheekbone Epidemic”. Josiane Balasco discusses the abuse of cosmetic surgery among American actresses

Francois Ozon returns to cinema with his 23rd film, titled When does autumn come? starring Helen Vincent and Josiane Balasco, and which will be released on October 2. Invited to the set of France 5’s C à Vous, the trio came to promote it. To introduce the film, host Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine emphasizes that the director depicts “the beauty of wrinkles and the passage of time” in this feature film.

On this topic, we first talk about Helen Vincent, going back to the 1989 broadcast, where she already explained that “women’s wrinkles are a problem for filmmakers.” For him, “it’s changing, and if it changes, that will be great news,” but it will also be possible “when women and men stop doing so many things to look 20 years younger.”

“We have to be careful”

François Ozon also emphasizes “the injunction to stay young forever.” What Helen Vincent considers “terrible”. But not necessarily, Josiane Balasko bounces back, explaining “that it’s also reassuring in photos,” recounting the anecdote of a woman who asked her to take a selfie with him and who immediately applied a filter to beautify the result.

The actress on inhibitions and surgery Tanned then gives his opinion. “We can help it not to age too much, but the cheekbone… There is an epidemic of cheekbones among American actresses at the moment. It’s supposed to lift the face, but at some point it’s just the cheekbones. You have to be careful.” And the actress calls Helen Vincent. “After all, we are lucky. You have never played the role of a sex symbol. […] We were saved by it. It is not necessary for us to respond to the instructions of beauty rules,” she concludes with a laugh. Reflections echoing his career, where Josiane Balasco was never seen as his “beauty”, as Anne Sinclair awkwardly pointed out on the show, where she asked him if he “never wanted to be around a beauty” back then. of the movie Too beautiful for youBy Bertrand Blier, who touched on the subject indirectly.