2:00 p.m. on August 29, 2021, modified at 2:09 p.m. on August 29, 2021
She has not trod the boards since 1996. At the time, Charlotte Gainsbourg was a member of the jury of the American Film Festival of Deauville, of which she will chair the 47th edition from Friday. “I never came back because it starts every time on the first day of school! She smiles. This time, I have arranged myself and I intend to take advantage of it. It’s a chance to be able to discover a lot of films in theaters. . I don’t take myself seriously in this role of president, which I am taking on for the first time in my life. I look forward to talking about cinema with people I admire and respect. the jury is the musician SebastiAn, with whom I collaborate regularly, and the screenwriter Marcia Romano, whom I have known since I was little. “
The singer and actress will also star in two films presented out of competition: her first production, Jane by Charlotte, a moving documentary about her mother; Human things, of his companion Yvan Attal, with their son Ben as the headliner. With the family on the red carpet! “Nothing makes me more happy,” she admits. She also hopes to meet Johnny Depp, who will be present the first weekend. “I would be happy to see him again. We used to hang out quite a bit when he was with Vanessa Paradis. And I found him for They got married and had many children (2004), by Yvan, he makes a brief appearance there. “
A competition that takes the pulse of American society
Charlotte Gainsbourg, who lived six years in New York, will have to decide between the candidates of a competition which takes the pulse of American society through a selection of independent films. “The ones that interest me the most,” she admits. “I don’t come to festivals to see blockbusters! I’m looking for a director’s gaze. That’s why I shot with Todd Haynes (I’m Not There) and Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu (21 grams).”
However, she gave in to the Hollywood sirens in 2016, for the blockbuster Independence Day : Resurgence, by Roland Emmerich. “I saw the difference with this film governed by a studio where no one had a say. But I had fun, Jeff Goldblum was doing his show, which entertained me because, on this kind of project with lots of special effects, the wait is crazy. I’m happy with the experience, but once is enough! “
His father shaped his cinephilia
Even if it is more in demand in Europe, America nevertheless exercises its power of fascination on Charlotte Gainsbourg, who does not dare to name the directors with whom she would like to work. “There are plenty, but if I name them publicly I feel like it will never happen! For a long time, I was intimidated to canvass, but now I don’t hesitate to make kicks in private. ! ” What if Steven Spielberg calls him tomorrow? “My answer is yes… if the role is interesting.”
It was his father who shaped his cinephilia from childhood, during the VHS era. “On weekends, we went to the video library to get American imports. With him, I discovered Casablanca, West Side Story, the Disney classics, The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn, Tarzan with Johnny Weissmuller, King Kong, the integral of Kirk Douglas. What he loved most of all were westerns and horror! It marked me because I was young when I saw Jaws, Carrie, Shining… With Yvan, whom I met at 19, I devoured the films of Scorsese, Coppola or Lumet. “His favorite Hollywood actresses?” Jodie Foster, Gena Rowlands, Meryl Streep and Marilyn Monroe, the tallest according to my father. Some like it hot is my bedside movie. “
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