François Cluzet was the common thread guest in the second part of C to you this Thursday. The 69-year-old actor notably retraced his career in the theater and remembered this show with his ex-partner Marie Trintignant who had failed.
Film star, François Cluzet returns to the stage as when he started this winter. Back on stage after twenty-five years of absence, he plays a therapist and essayist in Another divine day. A play to discover from January 25 to April 18 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin. Came to talk about it in C to you this Thursday, December 12, the artist also discovered archives of one of his most significant shows despite the bad press associated with it.
François Cluzet returns to this project with Marie Trintignant during their love story
Patrick Cohen thus revived in the memory of François Cluzet a theatrical experience as magnificent as it was painful in 1991 since it took place in the presence of Marie Trintignant, his companion at the time. The opportunity for the actor to return to the genesis of It's not just dogs who love each other with a certain emotion after having images alongside the now deceased actress. “We lived together and we no longer wanted to work, we wanted to live this love story. We did it for four years, it was really great“he admits, very touched. As for the work, it was born from their confidence mutual. “We still had the relative confidence in ourselves to think that it would take one day. And then, all of a sudden, we said to ourselves: ‘If we wrote something’”he says. However, the couple is quickly confronted with the harsh reality of the profession.
François Cluzet discusses this show with Marie Trintignant which he does not regret despite the negative reviews
If they manage to take their project to the national theater of Chaillot, Marie Trintignant and François Cluzet “commence[nt] to get one's feet caught in the carpet” and “find[nt finalement] in something impossible”. After a few performances, criticism did not spare them, their play being worth “three times nothing” according to Pierre Marcabru. “It hurt a little but it was the truth. We didn't care! A friend told us: 'In any case, you will have done it'. And in any adventure we can fail, but at least we did it.” indicates the father who salutes the mother of his first child for the choice of the title of this comedy.
