“I like people, I don’t care about actors”: cinema lesson in Nîmes with Emmanuelle Bercot

Une centaine de spectateurs ont écouté et discuté avec l’actrice Emmanuelle Bercot, également réalisatrice. Midi Libre – Axel Dumond

A screening at the CGR of Fête de famille, in which Emmanuelle Bercot plays, the guest of the festival A director in the city, followed by 40 minutes of discussion with the public.

The dark room is packed this Tuesday, July 23. Around a hundred moviegoers took their seats on the armchairs and stairs of the small CGR room.

Leaked

Spectators came to see, free of charge, the cinema lesson of Emmanuelle Bercot, actress in Family party, dramatic comedy by Cédric Kahn released in 2019. The guest of A Director in the City, who plays one of the main roles, leaves the room.

She can't stand seeing herself on the screen and only "sees it once" the films she stars in. "There are a lot of us like that." The artist explains after the end of the projection , applauded.

"A switch that flips"

The questions quickly move away from Family celebration to focus on his way of working and his films projected at the Jardins de la Fontaine. "Wait, but what film is that ?", jokes the’ 56 year old actress and director, a little lost.

The conversations even turn towards the theater. "The theater stages are the place of absolute truth." There is no camera, which also results in a "requirement" greater.

On a stage or a shoot, when she plays, especially a strong emotion, there is "a switch that flips". "I’forget everything." His personal life skips to focus on his character.

Catherine Deneuve, "une gens"

Emmanuelle Bercot, who "adores Bernadette Lafont", is also a director. "I prefer to be an actress." Directing is more stressful, with &quot ;fear of missing the grace", especially when the characters are played by non-professionals.

"I like people, I don’don't care about actors." "I don't choose them much for their talent but for what they are in life", develops the Parisienne.

In the films she has directed, many non-professionals participate, found notably during wild castings. " People" are not just non-actors in his eyes. "When I film Catherine Deneuve, I film the woman whose life I know." The star is "a people", source of "sincerity".

Without detour

Emmanuelle Bercot, who wanted to become a surgeon, like her father, is always looking for "truth". The actress and director "tries to be as honest as possible […] without trying to please. She responds straightforwardly, not hesitating to criticize the film industry  ;nbsp;: "there are very good actors at the bottom and very bad ones at the top of the poster".

It’s the obligation to leave the theater that stops the many questions from moviegoers. At the exit, the filmmaker still chats with the audience.