In love, Claude Lelouch is a free man and he is not afraid to say it! The 87-year-old filmmaker recently presented his point of view on love and sexuality, which are real areas of exploration for him.
“I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, but sex… I don’t deprive myself of anything. I want to know everything. I see myself as a reporter of life, so I tried everything,” he confided in today’s edition of the magazine Gala. “I have always seen prostitutes, you have to love them, they make men happy. And that goes for women who go to see prostitutes. And then, I also went to swingers clubs. »
Lucky in love
On the emotional side, Claude Lelouch's approach seems very distant from the love stories observed in several of his films. “Love wears out quickly if you do it just with your body and not with your head. For one night, beauty alone can be enough to succumb, from the second, something else happens,” he noted.
As for monogamy, “only idiots are faithful.” For the director, “fidelity doesn’t mean anything” or even it’s “sometimes just a lack of ambition”.
And added: “I believe that we are faithful in a relationship until we find something better. We spend our lives trying to improve ourselves. And why not in love? »
However, the filmmaker seems to be spending happy days with one and the same person: the novelist Valérie Perrin, whom he married last year after 17 years of living together. Moreover, he considers himself “crazy lucky to have her” in his life. The couple pushes each other to go further. “I was the father of seven children, I had lived enough to get to the point. First, I wanted to work with her. Then I pushed her to write. Today, his books are in 52 languages,” he explains.
A magnified creativity that the public will also be able to discover on the big screen next month. Claude Lelouch releases his new film, Eventuallywhich stars actors Kad Merad, Elsa Zylberstein and Michel Boujenah. The story follows the sudden life change of Lino, a lawyer who loses the ability to lie after a health scare and turns to music while traveling through France to find himself. The hero might even find love along the way…
