At Frédéric Lopez, celebrities are stripped bare. This Sunday, November 10, Sandrine Bonnaire, Emmanuel Moire and Christophe Michalak are in the spotlight in the new episode ofA Sunday in the Countryside on France 2. The 57-year-old actress, who is returning to the theater with the play The English lover, gave a moving account describing the domestic violence she suffered. “This person who attacked me was a companion with whom I lived for four years“, she began, before continuing: “I was strangled, I passed out… in a mini-coma you could say… When he woke me up, my face was completely deformed, I had a triple fracture of the jaw, eight broken teeth.”
The actress shares her story in order to insist on reconstruction, essential after experiencing such events. “I told myself that I would rather talk about reconstruction, because that is the key to getting better and to say to myself: 'why did I go into this story, why did I not see certain things ?'”, she explained to Frédéric Lopez who underlined her courage. “I am both extremely modest, I am someone who is quite discreet in life and at the same time I am not afraid to speak,” underlined the actress who lost her mother.
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Sandrine Bonnaire: her daughter Jeanne Bonnaire-Hurt was present at the time of the events
The man who subjected her to this violence was her first companion after her separation from William Hurt, the father of her daughter Jeanne. The mother and daughter are very close and accomplices. Jeanne was present at the time when Sandrine Bonnaire suffered the violent acts of this new companion. “The little one was in the bath, she was seven years old at the time. I came back with my face completely distorted. I saw Jeanne who looked at me and was afraid.”says Sandrine Bonnaire, on the set of C to youin 2019.
To avoid worrying him more, she makes him believe that she fell down the stairs. The years have passed, but Jeanne has never forgotten her mother's face that day: “She still talks about this face which completely traumatized her. She was afraid of me. She also spoke to me about the rejection she had for me. She no longer let herself be kissed because she was afraid because I 'had my mouth completely tied off with hooks and rubber bands'details the actress.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.
Photo credits: France 2 screen capture
