At the outset, my father was really not in favor of my being in the cinema,... He was constantly nagging about the fact I should stop, that it was a very cruel universe...
But actually in this case things really went smoothly.
My scenario produced a role that truly fit him like a glove: the father of Martin, a guy obsessed with love, marriage and floral compositions...
I offered it to him as an evidence and he very naturally accepted… To tell you the truth, I was also asking myself how things would go. Not so much because he was my father, but more because he happens to be an incredible actor with immense charisma. It seemed really strange for me, Emma, a modest film director to be saying: “hey Fabrice: do this do that...”
It was like magic. He never displayed any condescendence such as:
"My little girl, you are a beginner, I know best ". On the contrary, he listened to my suggestions and totally respected my way of directing.
I am truly grateful that he never questioned my artistic authority...
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