Bérénice Bejo, the platonic lover «But I believe in carnal passions. And I love making love »- Corriere.it

Brnice Bejo, in the film Il Colibr based on the novel by Sandro Veronesi that opened the Film Festival, embodies the dream.

The book reminds that there are different passions, it offers another way to love each other, I believe in consummated love and I love making love, but I felt the strength of the situation. Francesca Archibugi a crazy woman who represents her spirit. Love does not have to be sacrifice, sacrifice is fine in novels and in the theater, in life it is important to pursue happiness. The absence of an unlived life in this story made me nervous, undeniable that you feel regret.

in my parents who never wanted to talk to me about when they had to leave Argentina for the dictatorship. I can’t force people to think about talking about things they don’t want to talk about. But I live this life thanks to the fact that they made that choice. And I have regrets about acts that I do not every day, let’s say once a week.

I hope that in Italy people have read the novel and know this story, a woman who represents hope, who does not feel guilt. I think a lot of people will identify with her.

She goes through 60 years in the film. The trick?

I hate prostheses, I admire Favino and Kasia Smutniak who undergo that torture with simplicity. Even in real life I wear less and less makeup. But I am an actress and there is a pleasure in the transformation. It was funny to see me old, gain weight and look less beautiful than I look here.

In France there is less, the girls dress as they want, they feel free, without impositions. The Me Too has brought about a change, here there is a realist cinema that goes to the essence. French actresses for decades, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve and before that Romy Schneider herself who used to do her hair and make up in a simple way, have a healthier relationship with the body. Italian women seem to me more prisoners of stereotypes.

Can she feel one hundred percent free, without conditioning?

I don’t follow social media and since I started this job I have committed myself to forbid myself from following what the newspapers publish about me to avoid comparing myself to the actresses of my generation: it would distort my relationship with myself.

It had already happened to me with Bellocchio and Castellitto. I am pleased to continue my Italian wave.

At the Festa she also brings Cut (Coupez!), Her husband’s film that had to change its title in Cannes.

We removed the Z reminiscent of Putin’s tanks. Michel and I (Hazanavicius, ed) we immediately understood that it had to be done, even if the distributors were perplexed in the name of the money they were losing. That hilarious zombie movie, pure entertainment, could not ideally be associated with the drama of Ukraine.

She loves complex roles but gives off serenity.

true, funny, so. Complexity helps me to measure myself with difficulties. In life I am serene. I am attentive to civil issues, I have just cut my hair in support of Iranian women. It shows?.