Speaks the actress (awarded at the Festival in Sardinia), wife of Roman Polanski: «I love him but I will not play in his new film. I am a simple and boring woman, exactly the opposite of the mysterious women I play in films ».
CAGLIARI Emmanuelle Seigner is a mermaid who climbs barefoot on the stage of the Filming Italia Sardegna Festival, where the director Tiziana Rocca gives her a lifetime achievement award, and surprises the audience by dribbling the cliché: «I like burrata and Padre Pio».
“You never know what to say under those circumstances. But it’s true, I love Padre Pio, I have five candles with his face in my bedroom, I light them before falling asleep. A director friend of mine, Giovanna Gorassini, French but of an Italian father, made me discover it, with whom I shot a musical short and we have a good project ».
What about your husband Roman Polanski’s new film?
«In The Palace I will not be there. He has a nice cast, but I didn’t like my role very much, and for the first time I said no to Roman. But he is very sensitive, I had to tell him in a delicate way, I didn’t want to hurt him. We love each other, we admire each other, we are accomplices, similar in character, we have the same dark humor. We got married because he wanted it and the marriage brought us happiness. I like family ».
What do you give each other?
«I think I gave him peace and serenity, I learned a lot from him, it’s impossible to get bored. All this time has passed in a flash ».
What about that 1977 US rape accusation that reached your husband?
“I wouldn’t want to go back to it, I’m just saying that it could destroy us instead it strengthened our union. Many friends have been close to us. But I have been coming for two difficult years, I have lost my father, I am taking care of my mother… ».
When did you meet?
“In 1985, I was 19, which is 30 today. I was not such a child. France was much freer than now, we are becoming puritanical like the Americans. Macron is good in economics and relationships but he is too much politically correct, which flattens life. Blessed are you in Italy. I would like to go back to making a film here, Guadagnino, Sorrentino, Garrone, you are full of talents ».
Did you like the movie in which Tarantino recalls the massacre of Sharon Tate, who was Roman’s new wife?
“I love the courage of your sister, Debra Tate, who fought to keep Charles Manson in jail. When he died he was a relief. Once upon a time in … Hollywood it’s definitely a good movie, I just found it a bit sexist. The way in which Tarantino portrays Sharon, pretty and brainless, in my opinion is somewhat simplistic ».
«You can be the President of the Republic and I’m not afraid, I say what I think. As a girl I made the film for Godard Detective. She always wanted me naked. I told him: bye bye, I’ll be back on set in a week. She learned to respect me. ‘
What is your opinion of the Me Too movement?
«I love women, I understand that they can be fragile and weak, for us it has improved many things, however I have the impression that it limits the conversation, the comparison. The world has become dangerous ».
In the cinema you play mysterious women …
«The opposite of how I am. I think I’m simple, not complicated at all, boring. And I’ve never seduced anyone, never pursued the idea of having so many men. For my daughter Morgane my only mystery is what I make for dinner. She is a director, she likes scary movies ».
Family vice, we tell you. She smiles and leaves.
June 12, 2022 (change June 12, 2022 | 07:38 am)
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