This November 14, Bérenice Bejo was a guest on the show Clique on Canal+. The 48-year-old actress burst into tears while talking about her new play which inevitably echoes her story, that of a daughter of emigrants who was naturalized French.
Never short of proposals, Bérenice Bejo has taken on roles over the past fifteen years. One of the most important dates back to 2011 with her remarkable interpretation of Peppy Miller in The Artist. A performance alongside Jean Dujardin which earned her the César for best actress. Two years later, she shines by playing Marie in The Pasta film which adds the Best Actress Prize at the Cannes Film Festival to its list of achievements. This fall, the actress is spending it in the theater, she who is the headliner of People from Bilbao are born wherever they want. She plays Maria, a daughter of Spanish emigrants who fled their country for France. A drama that somehow echoes the story of the movie star.
Bérenice Bejo rarely talks about the history of her family and her naturalization
Between two performances, Bérenice Bejo went to the show's premises Clique broadcast this Thursday, November 14 on Canal+. The forty-year-old admitted to being particularly touched by a specific moment in her play: the one where she proudly chants “I'm at home”. A symbolic sentence for this mother of two children, naturalized French. The opportunity for her to affirm her thoughts after drying her tears: “France must be a welcoming country which must be proud of the people it has welcomed. We are going through a difficult moment where we reject all that, we want to have a very tough immigration policy.” Catching her breath, the woman who left Argentina – then under dictatorship – with her parents at the age of 3 says: “It’s true that every night when I say 'I am here at home'it's as if I wanted to send a message to these 300 people in the room and tell them: ‘JI didn't steal anything, my parents didn't steal anything, I worked hard and today you are proud of me, of this actress that I became, of this career that I had‘. I am very grateful [envers] France (…) We must welcome people, welcome them well, give them opportunities to be important for France“.
Bérenice Bejo: her beautiful message of tolerance
Bérénice Bejo is therefore very moved “every evening” when she addresses the public. And for good reason: “I look at people and tell them: 'You're here tonight to come see me, but actually, I am Argentinian, I was not born in France and yet you love me. And so I say to myself that if there is someone in the room who has an immigration policy that is a little too harsh, maybe that will make them think.”. Touching confessions.
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