actress in film they are aliveinspired by the story of Béatrice Huret, Calais my love, Marina Foïs told journalists from the JDD how she had experienced her prestigious role as mistress of ceremonies during the 46th Cesar ceremony but also why she took it badly not to be nominated this year for her role in the film The divide by Catherine Corsini. Indeed, the actress is not part of the list of nominees while her acolytes from the film Valéria Bruni Tedeschi, Pio Marmaï and Aïssatou Diallo Sagna are. A news that Marina Foïs first had trouble digesting.
She explains : “At first I was happy for this film which deals with important societal issues, then I was upset that people thought of others and not of me“Despite everything, once her feelings of anger passed, the 52-year-old actress took things philosophically.”I chose not to careand !“, she confides. Moreover, the actress of the film Storm noticed that other movie stars could also be very angry. Marion Cotillard in particular. “There are more important omissions: why Marion Cotillard is not nominated for Annette ?“Asks Marina Foïs.
This time, the one who has radically changed her haircut will be content to follow the ceremony, quietly installed on the sofa in her living room. “When you have nothing to gain, you might as well watch the thing on TV!” she reveals. On the other hand, if there is a role that Marina Foïs would like to re-incarnate one day, it is that of mistress of ceremonies. “I liked it a lot (…) The work was fascinating and I would like to do it again“, confesses the actress.
As a reminder, Marina Foïs was very daring when she was mistress of ceremonies because she did not hesitate to denounce with humor the management of the health crisis and the closing of cinemas. “The Covid, this bitch, she kills mostly old and fat people, and it’s very sad. We won’t go back on that. And so, like that mainly kills the old, we locked up the young, we closed cinemas, theaters, museums and banned concerts to open Christmas masses because we are a secular country”, she said. Words that may have cost him his nomination for the film The divide This year ?