It is between Vierzon and Orléans that the actress Daphné Patakia models her body to soon interpret the role of Aramis in
The Three Musketeers
, by Houda Benyamina, a female adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Horseback riding in the morning, fencing and bodybuilding in the afternoon.
"I've gained four kilos of muscle," remarks Daphne Patakia as she puts on a Valentino gold-plated sheath in the kitchens of the Ferrandi hotel school in Paris, where mountains of vegetables are waiting to be cooked.
“I really like this face-to-face between two worlds which apparently have nothing in common but which find each other: that of haute couture and haute couture cuisine.”
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Daphne Patakia is the meeting of opposites, dark and classic, glamorous and prosaic, fairy tale and dark series.
A pretty face reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn in
Roman Holiday
, short hair, cut for the needs of a film by Marie Garel-Weiss,
On the branch
– in which she plays the role of a bipolar –, and eyes hemmed with kohl who cast spells.
Daphné Patakia, shooting in the heart of the Ferrandi school
In images, in pictures
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Brussels, I love you
The actress was born in Brussels in 1992 into a family of Greek exiles who fled after the colonels' coup.
“My parents were on the left.
Everyone knew it.
It was impossible for them to stay in Greece.
It was too dangerous.
By settling in Belgium, they took with them a large part of the country.
At home, Daphne listens to Greek music, especially Mikis Theodorakis, the symbol of resistance to the dictatorship, reads Greek literature, speaks Greek, eats Greek, watches Greek television.
"When I was little, during the weather, we showed a big sun and I looked out the window and it was falling... It took me a long time to understand."
My parents were on the left.
It was impossible for them to stay in Greece.
It was too dangerous
Daphne Patakia
In Brussels, she attended the International School until she was 18.
“An extremely invigorating broth of culture which allowed me to have friends of all nationalities.
We met during French lessons.
It was very instructive, very open, very stimulating.”
His parents, who worked for the European Commission, adapted the Greek classics on weekends, made the costumes, rented rooms to perform on stage with their children.
At the age of 8, Daphné discovers the vertigo of the boards.
“I loved performing in their plays.
I wanted the shows to never end and do theater all my life.”
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"Playing is like bungee jumping"
At 18, heading for Athens, she entered the National Theater, the equivalent of the Conservatory and, from that moment, would not stop playing.
“I was determined.
I knew my place was there.
I felt more alive, more alert, more in tune.
I needed that adrenaline.
Playing is like bungee jumping.
There is always an element of the unexpected.
I like this possibility of letting go that the stage offers.
At the same time, she is undergoing psychotherapy to try to get rid of the trauma caused by a rape.
She won't say more.
The case is now in the hands of the courts.
“I needed to mend myself… We sometimes fantasize about the idea that you have to be tortured to be creative.
I think the opposite.
Trauma handicaps and I,
I have a secret: my 102-year-old grandmother.
I ask him to gather his energy when I go to a casting to help me get the role
Daphne Patakia
It took her just three roles to get noticed and become one of the most promising actresses of her generation.
First that of Vera, an ethereal and zany switchboard operator in the television series
OVNI(s)
.
Then that of Djam, in Tony Gatlif's film, a breathtaking road trip between Greece and Turkey.
Tony Gatlif asked her if she could sing and belly dance.
To which she replied no.
“Do you know how to walk?” he added.
"And since he thought I walked like Charlie Chaplin, he hired me."
Finally, the role of Bartolomea, alongside Virginie Efira, in
Benedetta
(selected at Cannes in 2021) the sulphurous film by Paul Verhoeven, who hired him immediately.
“It takes luck to be chosen,” she comments.
But I have a secret: my 102-year-old grandmother.
I ask him to gather his energy when I go to a casting to help me get the part.
And it works !"
There is magic in all of this.
Daphne is Greek, let's remember.
She comes from Syros.
The gods are never far away...
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