Guest of the show A Sunday in the countrysidethis November 10, 2024, Sandrine Bonnaire reconsidered her choice to speak publicly about the domestic violence of which she was a victim.
The restorative word… Sandrine Bonnaire was a guest on the show A Sunday in the countryside on France 2, this November 10, 2024. Alongside Emmanuel Moire and pastry chef Christophe Michalak, the actress – currently starring in the film Eventually by Claude Lelouch – notably returned to her choice to speak publicly about the domestic violence she suffered several years ago. “This person who attacked me was a companion. I was strangled, I passed outin a mini coma, even, and he woke me up and my face was completely distorted. I had a triple jaw fracture, eight broken teeth…“, she recalled.
A Sunday in the countryside: Sandrine Bonnaire confides in the domestic violence of which she was a victim
The 57-year-old actress also confides to Frédéric Lopez that she made the choice to testify essentially to “talk about reconstruction“. “Because to get better, that’s it. And to ask myself why I went into this story, why I didn't see certain things“, she continued. “I am both extremely modest and I am a fairly discreet person in life. And at the same time, I'm not afraid to speak. And I know that words are restorative and that when someone you know has the same things happening to them, somewhere, it's reassuring. Is that dit : 'Ah, well… She, ultimately, she's like me'”, she added, wishing to be able to help other people through her speaking out.
Sandrine Bonnaire talks about her atypical childhood in A Sunday in the countryside
During the show, Sandrine Bonnaire also looked back on her childhood, explaining that she grew up in a family of 11 children. “My father and my uncle had built a chalet, without water and electricity (…) We only washed once a weekmy mother washed us in a tub, there were 4.5 of us in it… We didn't cope very well. At school, people knew we lived like that. But at the same time we remained dignified, my parents were very courageous. There was real freedom. Maybe the boldness I had comes from that“, she said.
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