As
Florence Foresti's new show
, Boys, Boys, Boys *, begins, Canal+ is broadcasting
Désordres
, a series that the favorite French comedian has written, produced and in which she plays herself in order to, as usual, tell each other to better talk about us!
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TV MAGAZINE. - How did you come up with the idea for a series?
Florence Foresti.
- It has been with me for a long time.
Being born in 1973, I'm very fond of 1990s series, like
Friends
,
Sex and the City
, Seinfeld
… I've always wanted to go familiar with my idols, and I've always wanted an autofiction.
I have a real concern for authenticity in my work.
You can see it on stage, I can't help feeding my show with my experience… For the series, it's the same.
But it was difficult to get started because I wanted to stick to my news.
What was the right time?
When my
Madame
show ended in 2016, I wanted to explore something else, to diversify and grow.
The delivery was long, because I wanted to embrace too many themes, I had too much ambition.
We had to find the right producers, the right distributors to have enough freedom and confidence, people who tell me:
“We're going there even if it's not perfect!
»
I especially wanted to deal with panic attacks, anxiety, medication, to possibly talk to people who suffer from the same disorder
Florence Foresti
Does the series allow the public to know you better?
I lived in the apartment I shot in, Lucy is really my cleaning lady, the dog is my dog's nephew… But I don't care if anyone gets to know me.
I especially wanted to treat panic attacks, anxiety, medication, to possibly talk to people who suffer from the same disorder, to relieve them, to relieve them of guilt from treating themselves.
Because even if we are one of the first countries to consume antidepressants, there are still many taboos about using this medicine.
We are all in the same shit!
So let's stop judging ourselves, let's be indulgent.
Which director are you?
I got help from Pascal Serieis, my co-author for a long time.
He was focused on me and never sycophantic.
He was also more present for comedy.
I prefer to film emotion and sadness.
The scenes of bowing little girls at the dance, the scenes of love in the elevator, those of parents sleeping with their children had been anchored in me for a long time, I visualized them.
Why this tenderness?
On stage, I am a clown.
But for the fiction, I wanted to tackle subjects that move me: friendship between women, abortion, parent-child relationships.
I love the spectrum of human emotions!
You also show the tyranny of fame...
I'm not passing judgment, but I wanted to explain that it's part of my life and that being harassed by a fan sometimes is bad... When you're not well, it makes things worse, because there is a gap between what you feel and what people send back to you.
When I was pregnant or with my toddler daughter, I was not at peace with the intrusion of fans.
It's better now.
I have a lot of gratitude for what is happening to me.
Why these anxieties, then?
If only I knew!
Like all people who have panic attacks, we do not know the object of our anxiety.
And when you have everything to be happy, it only accentuates it.
Being the mother of a 15-year-old teenager, plus an only daughter, is very difficult, it's a roller coaster of emotions.
Florence Foresti
How do you renew yourself?
By living without falling into an anesthetic comfort.
And then I have a child, with the often exasperating but also inspiring constraints that that entails.
You have to stay tuned to what's going on, be curious.
The Parisian daily is full of absurd comedy situations.
During the first confinement, I was empty.
Without my contemporaries, I couldn't find meaning in my job, in my life, I didn't exist...
Is it complicated to be a mother of a teenager today?
Yes, rubbing shoulders with a 15-year-old teenager, an only daughter, is very difficult.
I drool, I improvise, I plant myself and I start again and I send everything farting and I come back.
It's the roller coaster of emotion.
I'm not afraid for her, I have the impression that it's a generation that will find its bearings and rebuild the world, that's what they keep throwing in our faces, but I fear for our relationship because these children carry such a revolt.
The Caesars are a perilous, unplayable exercise, but when I say yes to a mission, I go all the way
Florence Foresti
Mistress of ceremonies for the César 2020
, you took Roman Polanski to task.
Would you say the same thing today?
Absolutely.
The context is not the same but when I did it I was in tune with what I thought.
At the end of the ceremony, I did not expect him to be awarded the César for best director at all and I burst into tears backstage.
It wasn't just the verdict.
I also released the stress of the previous months.
I didn't want to appear on stage with red eyes, it was both doing him too much honor and too much of myself.
How can we accept such a role, always puzzled?
I love to entertain, and that's the main goal: to share the stage with artists.
I wasn't there to give my opinion but I couldn't hide either.
The Caesars are a perilous, unplayable exercise, but when I say yes to a mission, I go all the way.
Do you have a go-to person for humor?
No, only my opinion counts!
* Florence Foresti will be at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris until December 31, then on tour in France.
A woman almost like the others!
Alternate custody, childless week: Florence Foresti is a woman like any other.
Or almost.
Single, she drinks with her girlfriends, dreams of love, fantasizes about a handsome salesman, battles with Wi-Fi and does yoga... She also searches, in vain, for inspiration for her next show, passes castings in competition with Audrey Lamy (in her own role) and suffers the tyranny of the fans.
In red thread, his chronic anxieties, the depression and the death which prowls.
In
Désordres
, Florence Foresti recounts with a lot of self-mockery, her true false daily life.
Vachard replies, passages of romantic comedy and enjoyable use of music alternate with serious moments, treated with comforting warmth.
A nice balance.