The actress who plays the famous fashion designer on Arte this Sunday, September 22, in Coco before Chanel knows how to be discreet. His appearances are increasingly rare and Audrey Tautou seems to have taken refuge in a place in France popular with stars. It is, in fact, in Cap-Ferret that she isolates herself from the tumult and enjoys her daughter.
In the film directed by Anne Fontaine and released in theaters in 2009, the star plays Gabrielle, a young woman of modest. Nothing predestined the latter to become a symbol of female emancipation and a name recognized throughout the world. The native of Beaumont in Puy-de-Dôme was nominated for her interpretation during the 2010 Césars ceremony.
Audrey Tautou fell in love with Cap-Ferret many years ago
But for a few years now, the one that has become famous for his role in The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain in 2001 is no longer as present. Her last film date 2019even though she was on the bill for the play Charlotte by David Foenkinos this year. A withdrawal that she fully assumes, as she confided in 2017 in an interview given to Grazia.
“I live very well being in the shade. I don’t like attracting attention,” she had declared. And she has an ideal place to regain the anonymity that is dear to her. The actress acquired a house in 2008 in the most popular part of the peninsula, at the tip of Cap Ferret, as revealed The Sunday Journal in 2015. The place previously belonged to the Lillet family, wealthy wine and spirits merchants.
Photo credit: Shutterstock Audrey Tautou
Audrey Tautou has acquired a house facing the ocean
The residence is located “on a sand strip facing the ocean” and encourages the contemplation. It was Mathieu Chédid, with whom she remained in a relationship for many years, who introduced her to Cap-Ferret. And like many before her, she fell in love of this little corner of Gironde which attracts many visitors. On site, Audrey Tautou particularly appreciates the tranquility as revealed by the locals.
“She doesn’t consider herself a star. She’s a ‘in spite of herself’.”confided his friend Alain Argelas. Before adding: “She works in cinema like I do in fishing.” It must be said that the one who is honorary president of the union of bosses, shipowners and sailors from Gironde knows his subject. His family has been settled in the “Cap” for more than 100 years and he has seen many celebrities.
In Cap-Ferret, Audrey Tautou was adopted
But the actress is above all trying to remain discreet. “It’s not just that disorder when she sees someone coming towards her, but she has a little trouble accepting her fame. She is more looking for true friends.”added the “old sea dog.” He is full of praise for the one who has clearly been adopted by the natives.
Photo credit: Shutterstock Audrey Tautou
“She really likes this simple lifefamily that they have peasants like us. Her father loves the mountains. She loves the sea.”said Alain Argelas. It is true that Audrey Tautou has never sought the limelight. And in Cap-Ferret, she seems to have found the perfect place to take refuge with her daughter whom she adopted in Vietnam in 2019.
