The last appearance on screen of the unforgettable Amélie Poulain dates back to 2018, while a 2020 American film alongside John Turturro was not released in France.
Far away from the film sets after Freely by Pierre Salvadori in 2017, Audrey Tautou will return to theaters on Wednesday, lending her voice to the animated film Nina and the secret of the hedgehoga thriller for children, but which does not predict an imminent return to the cinema of this very discreet actress.
One last invisible film in France
The unforgettable Amélie Poulain doubles in the film as Nina’s mother, a little girl in search of a treasure hidden in the old factory of her unemployed father (Guillaume Canet), helped by an imaginary hedgehog (Guillaume Bats) , hero of his evening stories.
This is the first time that French spectators will hear Audrey Tautou’s voice in cinema since 2018, when her last feature film, The Jesus Rollsby and with John Turturro, spin-off of “Big Lebowski“by the Coen brothers, was not released in French cinemas after being a flop in the United States in 2020.
“It’s no !”
Her admirers will also be able to see her again in the flesh from January 19 to 25 at La Seine musicale, near Paris, for a reading of Charlotte, the book by David Foenkinos dedicated to the Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon. But not (yet) in a new film.
“I don’t want to go back to my job as an actress right away.“, she explained this week in a rare interview with L’Obs. “I’m just swerving“, adds the one who stood back for “enjoy” of his daughter, adopted in Vietnam in 2019. “JI can’t imagine leaving my house at 6 a.m. and returning at 9 p.m., five days a week for three months. Depriving myself of my child for a shoot is a no!“, explains the forty-year-old who currently prefers to devote herself to photography and drawing, illustrating a children’s book that she wrote.
Perfect for animation
It’s because she can’trefuse nothing“to the creators of Nina and the secret of the hedgehogJean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, that Audrey Tautou joined their project, after having already participated in their previous film, Phantom Boyin 2015. “They are talented and adorable directors. And, as for CharlotteI knew it wouldn’t take me much time“.
“What I love about Audrey is the energy she manages to convey, the nuances in her voice and, what’s more, she has a lot of humor“, explains Alain Gagnol to AFP. “She has a very sparkling voice. For animation, it’s really perfect“. The opportunity for the director to also pay tribute to Guillaume Bats, comedian who died this year at the age of 36, who lends his voice to the hedgehog, a black and white character inspired by the first Mickey Mouse.