Daniel Auteuil is starring in his own film, “Le Fil”, which will be released in theaters on September 11. A feature film produced by his daughter Nelly, who, like her father, turned to cinema. But before that, the actor demanded that she move towards another profession.
In The Threadto be found in theaters from September 11, Daniel Auteuil plays a lawyer. This film, of which he is also the director, is based on a true story. How did he learn about it?Through my daughter Nelly [née de sa romance avec Emmanuelle Béart, ndlr] who is, with Hugo Gélin, the producer of the film. She is the one who brought me this story. She is a lawyer herself. Well, she became one to please people – I forced her to continue her studies but I think it will be useful to her, it will help her to build herself – before turning to cinema. It starts from the blog of a young lawyer, who died two or three years ago, who recounted ordinary justice events“, he has just explained to Galain their edition of the day this Thursday, September 5.
A project that was definitely done as a family, since his eldest daughter Aurore – whose mother is Anne Jousset – plays a role in it. Does that put more pressure on him?Yes. We want to live up to it. Especially since it’s Nelly’s first film as a producer. As for Aurore, my ambition was to direct her in a dramatic role without her suffering, but I don’t know if I succeeded.“But he assures us that the fact that all three of them work together has not changed anything in their relationship, which was already very good before:”They have never been far from my life. I have always been present….
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