She is certainly the most American of French actresses and directors. For over thirty years, Julie Delpy has lived in the United States where she leads a brilliant career in front of the camera of major American independent cinema filmmakerslike Richard Linklater, Jim Jarmusch or Alan Rudolph.
But the actress don't forget France though and returns there regularly to make it the setting for his own films (Two Days in Paris, Le Skylab, Lolo…).
An actress and director who doesn't mince her words
This Wednesday, September 18, his new feature film, The Barbarians. A black comedy in which she also plays alongside Laurent Lafitte and Sandrine Kiberlain, who recently spoke of her still-intact passion for a now very controversial director.
In the midst of promoting her new film, Julie Delpy granted an interview with our colleagues from Madame FigaroAs usual, the actress did not mince her words.
Julie Delpy: “Once the extremes are in place, they don't let go easily”
If The Barbarians is first and foremost a comedy, it also turns out that it has an obvious political dimension since it directly evokes the refugee crisis in Europe.
Concerned by the challenges of the contemporary worldJulie Delpy expressed her skepticism: “My film is first and foremost a comedy, but it allows me to sound a little alarm. After witnessing the rise of populism in the United States, I am not reassured by what is happening in France. Once the extremists are in place, they do not let go easily. Look at Trump, who clings to power like a limpet to its rock. We must open our eyes so that France does not suffer the same fate as the United States.” This is what is called a warning cry.
