Valérie Lemercier has often raised the subject of her non-desire for children.
At 59, the comic approaches this part of her life without taboo.
And while last January, President Emmanuel Macron called for a demographic rearmament to fight against infertility in France, this could not miss a floodgate on the issue.
And a little nod to his own situation.
At the end of the 49th César ceremony, which was held on Friday February 23 in Paris, Valérie Lemercier, its president, presented the prize for best film to
Anatomy of a Fall
by Justine Triet.
“It is a great honor for me to have to present this trophy.
Keep making movies and babies!, she continued.
It seems that France must be repopulated.
Our real president said it.
Speaking of which, don't be surprised if you don't see me next year.
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Faced with the drop in birth rates in France, Brigitte Macron's husband was forced to alert the population at the start of 2024. “The birth rate is falling because infertility is increasing (...) Morals are changing, we are having children later and later, both male and female infertility have progressed greatly in recent years and are causing many couples to suffer.
A major plan to combat this scourge will be initiated to enable this demographic rearmament,” he explained, highlighting the implementation of an upcoming reform on parental leave.
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“I don’t cry more than that”
Valérie Lemercier, who won the César for best actress in 2022 for her role in Aline – which she also wrote and directed – explained in 2011 in the columns of Paris Match: “I wanted children, then I didn't wanted more.
Today, all that is behind me.
I have no regrets,” she said at the time.
In 2021, she added again, to Gala, this time: “Everyone in the films or on my shows calls me Mom.
In my private life, people don't call me that.
I don't want anything else."
And to continue: “I didn’t say that it didn’t interest me.
It couldn't be done and it probably wasn't vital for me.
If it had been, I would have had children.
On the other hand, I was a mother-in-law.
Life with a child at home has been very joyful.
I raised a child from the age of 4 and a half until he was 11.
I still have a strong bond with him.
I really liked this family life.
It turns out that I was unable to have children.
But I'm not crying any more than that."