Françoise Gillard of the Comédie-Française dazzles in “Finally” by Claude Lelouch

Françoise Gillard of the Comédie-Française dazzles in “Finally” by Claude Lelouch
Françoise Gillard of the Comédie-Française dazzles in “Finally” by Claude Lelouch

The revelation of Claude Lelouch’s latest film is her. In EventuallyFrançoise Gillard, 51, member of the Comédie-Française, plays a farmer, married and mother, with whom Kad Merad falls in love, in the shoes of a great Parisian lawyer who suffers from burn-out and tries to rebuild oneself through encounters while crisscrossing . A situation worthy of On the road to Madison (1995) by Clint Eastwood, which gives the actress the opportunity to show the full extent of her talent, fragile and strong at the same time in the role of this discreet, frustrated and hindered farmer, who decides to listen to her heart.

The rest after this ad

“A revenge, because I was told that if I reached the age of 30 without a career in cinema, then I would never have oneshe explains, seated in her dressing room over a green tea. It was my dream when I started, then the theater opened its arms to me and everything happened very quickly. I made a few forays onto the sets, notably with Alain Resnais, then I gave it up, convincing myself that my life was on stage. At the time, terrible stereotypes were drilled into your head. »

She considers it a gift to have encountered Claude Lelouch “quite by chance”because he came to see the show she put on last year about Alain Souchon, of whom Valérie Perrin, the director’s wife, is a fan. The next day, her agent called her to tell her that the director had had a crush on her. Françoise Gillard is delighted with this bridge between the Comédie-Française and the seventh art, which has been successful for her colleagues Laurent Stocker, Guillaume Gallienne, Benjamin Lavernhe, Suliane Brahim and Denis Podalydès. “When I arrived in the House, it was complicatedbluntly underlines the 507th member hired in 2002. Things have changed, become more flexible thanks to the arrival of new administrators who gave us the possibility of taking leave in order to tour, if we propose a solution to be replaced within the troupe. We always come home enriched by these new experiences. »

The actress wonderfully plays a woman who finally listens to her heart

She takes her discipline and concentration, worthy of a high-level athlete, from the boards where she forged a “drawer memory” : she works quickly and on several projects at the same time, classic or contemporary works, with a dexterity and flexibility that command admiration. As proof, her schedule is full until the end of July 2025: she plays The Miser by Molière until January in the Salle Richelieu, then will resume at Theater 14 The Eventby Annie Ernaux, which she created under the direction of Denis Podalydès in 2017. She will be playing at the Athénée theater for Nulliparesdirected by Salomé Lelouch, and to the “French” of the revival of Bourgeois gentlemanbefore attacking Pinocchio Creaturesaccording to Carlo Collodi. “When I started, I was warned: the House asks a lot, as if I were entering a novitiateshe admits. And at the same time, it’s an opportunity and an incredible school! I never finished learning. »


Eventually ***, by Claude Lelouch, with Kad Merad, Françoise Gillard, Michel Boujenah. 2:07 a.m. Released Wednesday November 14.

-

-

PREV “From burnout to teleworking, Frédéric Schiffter ridicules the latest discoveries of capitalism”
NEXT Princess Yuriko dies at 101