Laure Calamy is starring in the film Full time, by Eric Gravel, in theaters from March 16, 2022. In this feature film, she plays a single mother who tries to survive and feed her children, by the sweat of her brow, according to endless public transport. This role earned her the prestigious Orizzonti prize for interpretation at the Venice International Film Festival, La Mostra, in 2021. But the actress could not draw on her own experience to work on the role.
You are not a complete woman
She has always said and assumed, Laure Calamy is not dedicated to becoming a mother. This has not prevented her, in 46 years, from suffering from maternity injunctions that target all women. “Like many of usregret the heroine of the series Ten percentin the columns of the magazine Female version. Society makes you feel very quickly that you are not a complete woman if you do not have children. You are constantly told: ‘Don’t worry, you won’t regret it.’ This is false: motherhood can be fulfilling, but some would think twice if they could go back. Only, no one is allowed to say it.”
The same goes for the injunction to love and to the couple
Daughter of a nurse psychologist and a hospital doctor, Laure Calamy never reveals too much of her private life. She is more busy fighting with members of the 50/50 Collective – which promotes equality between women and men in cinema and audiovisual – than discussing rags. Single or not, the actress seems annoyed at the idea of being forced to follow this or that path. “The same goes for the injunction to love and the couple for womenshe continues. It is still very badly perceived that a woman experiments, lives adventures… The younger generation allows itself more, but all the brakes have not yet jumped, especially in the sexual relationship, where the pleasure of the man remains dominant. There are still many battles to be fought….”
Find the full interview with Laure Calamy in the magazine “Version Femina”, from March 7 to 13, 2022.