Raphaël Personnaz plays Maurice Ravel in Boléro (1), a biopic on the creation of the first international hit in history. “I like characters who don’t show everything, who don't necessarily verbalize their thoughts,” he says.

The Parisian actor was born to a decorator-designer father and a mother who translated Greek poetry. He no longer sees any future other than a life on the stage, he tells Le Figaro.