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The lead role in "Everything Got Peaceful" forced Sophie Marceau to deal with death, a tsunami of emotions and the realization that there are things she will never understand about her late parents.
In a special interview on the occasion of the film's release in Israel, she explains why she comes to terms with the suffering and remembers those who humiliated her in her youth.
Avner Shavit, Cannes
29/06/2022
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 00:48
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Like many eighties children in France and around the world, director Francois Ozon also grew up on "La Boum" and fell in love with his star, Sophie Marceau.
She was 13 when she was filmed, and unlike many prodigies, she managed to cultivate an impressive film career even after that.
The director always dreamed of working with her, and offered her some scripts, which she rejected for various reasons.
Only recently, the dream came true, and the object of his admiration was accepted his offer to star in "Everything Passed in Peace."
The film premiered as part of the official Cannes Film Festival competition last year, and is now coming to Israel.
Marceau plays a woman whose beloved father has a stroke at the age of 85, and asks her to help him go through euthanasia, which of course presents her with a moral dilemma and emotional flooding.
It sounds like a heavy and depressing drama, but in fact it has quite a few touches of humor, and a lot of lightness and humanity.
Through dealing with death, she manages to express quite a bit of joy of life.
"Marceau is a huge star, but there is no jealousy or resentment towards her in France, only love and empathy, and it was important to me that in a story like this, the protagonist would be played by someone the audience could identify with," Ozon said of her choice. "I sent it to Sophie, and after one day she called and said, 'Okay, this time it suits me, you can work together.' I wouldn't work with anyone else, so the film would not have happened without her."
I meet Marceau with a small group of journalists from across Europe, a day after the premiere on the Riviera.
The star is already used to this class - she has walked the red carpet in Cannes many times.
In addition, she has a relatively glittering Hollywood career behind her, probably relative to a French actress of her generation, which includes, among others, the Oscar-winning "Brave Heart" and the "The World Is Not Enough" series in the James Bond series.
And despite all that, it has no stardom.
No etiquette (but does not travel by metro).
Sophie Marceau in Cannes (Photo: GettyImages, Lionel Hahn)
"Life is not a picnic. It has suffering, and it plays an important role. After all, after the rain comes the rainbow. Crying can be a positive process. The film talks about tears of the good kind, because they connect you to something."
Unlike many of her colleagues, the actress arrives for interviews on time, and without any entourage behind her.
She speaks openly and at eye level, and enjoys shaking off contours.
Perhaps precisely because she does not pursue respect and love, she is so loved in her homeland - the Journal de Dimench conducts a survey every year in which it asks the public who its favorite local anchors are, and Marceau regularly occupies the first place among women.
"I'm an actress in the sense that I act in movies, but I'm not an 'actress' in the sense that other actresses are portrayed in the media," she says.
"I do not judge anyone and anyone, but I read about the conduct of stars, and I do not recognize myself in it. I do not like to have people around me who arrange my life. I like to do things on my own."
Unlike many of her colleagues in France, Marceau was not born into the world of glamor.
Her parents, with whom she was in very close contact, were working class: her father was a truck driver, her mother worked in a shop and then in a restaurant, and they did not take her to see movies and certainly did not encourage her to play in them.
"Already as a child-actress, I did everything myself," she tells me.
"I did not have an agent, I did not have a stylist, I did not have anything. When I went to be photographed for interviews on the occasion of 'Party Madness' or his pledge, so I took the metro, and put on my clothes from home."
When I tell her that in Israel it is customary to see her as a symbol of French "chic", she laughs.
"It's so funny to me to hear that. Do you know where I came from?" She says.
"In France they thought I was 'simple.' One producer told me I was dressed like a 'housewife.'
Do you feel you sacrificed things for your roles?
"No, I do not think we as actresses sacrifice anything. I do think I suffered, and I'm fine with that. Life is not a picnic. There is suffering in them, and it has an important role. After the rain comes the rainbow. Crying can be a positive process. The film speaks On tears of the good kind, because they connect you to something. "
From the movie "Everything Passed in Peace" (Lev Cinemas)
I always thought: as soon as my parents die, I will have enlightenment, and I will understand them and I will understand myself.
It did not happen.
I still have a lot of questions left.
I do not judge them, they just have intimate sides that I did not know and did not understand "
Speaking of your family, do you remember the moment when you realized that your parents are not just your parents, but people in their own right, with a world of their own?
"I remember the moment, and you know what? Even now, when they are already dead, I do not know them. I always thought: as soon as they die, I will be enlightened, and I will understand them and understand myself. It did not happen. I still have many questions left. I You do not judge them, they just have intimate sides that I did not know and did not understand. "
What would you ask them if you could?
"But how can I talk to them now? There's no way, right? I've already learned to accept the mystery. I realized there are questions we won't get answers to in this life."
How did you deal emotionally with the death of your parents?
"I'm an actress, so if I do not know how to activate the emotion, I better change professions. The encounter with death floods you with emotions. When someone dies, the family puzzle changes, and everyone has to grab a different slot. It's a tsunami of emotions. You laugh at despair with all the colors in the middle of".
"I went to the photo shoot with my clothes from home."
Sophie Marceau in Cannes (Photo: GettyImages, Pool)
Why do you miss the most in the days of "Party Madness"?
"As a child, I ran all the time. I was as light as a bird. I did not walk from point A to point B - I ran. Today, I no longer have the strength to run, I walk. If I run, I get up the next day with busy muscles."
How do you look in perspective at the film and its success?
"It was a wonderful experience. Thanks to it I visited the whole world. I can not say that I 'traveled' because I usually only saw the hotel and its terrace, but I met a lot of people. Whether it was in Japan or Israel, we always talked about the same things. The film. It deals with universal issues, such as the first kiss, and you can connect to it anywhere. "
"My girl did not watch it."
Sophie Marceau in "Party Madness" (Photo: Screenshot, Screenshot from "Party Madness")
He also appeared in a film in the James Bond series.
What does this experience look like in retrospect?
"It was fun, I loved the spectacle. I enjoyed doing blockbusters and have no objection to attending another one in the future, but I admit I prefer more intimate films, the kind that are made in France. I love films that are thoughtful, handcrafted, and personally I like to be involved in all .
Have your kids already watched "Party Madness"?
"I do not think, they have not seen most of my films. My daughter, Juliette, watched this film and said to me 'Mom, already in the first minutes there is a fuck in your credibility.' I asked 'Oh, alas, why?', And she said 'because "You are seen traveling by metro, and you never travel by metro." She is right, I really stopped traveling by metro many years ago. It is one thing in my lifestyle that has changed over time. "
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