Fabrice Luchini, who is on screen tonight in the film The women of the 6th floor on Arte, became a father in 1979 with Cathy Debeauvais of a daughter named Emma. The latter is now a confirmed director. She has already directed her father, for the film Promising Start.
“It’s much simpler and faster than with many others. Because we know each other, we have common referents, common sensitivities, it’s important to give personalized directions. I’ve never asked the question of ‘directing my father’, I was a little scared, more in relation to his experience, his hugeness, of all the directors he worked with, that impressed me. was not the father side, because it is rather joyful“ she had declared on this subject in 2015 with Purepeople.
A thunderbolt
This film was notably an adaptation of a novel written by his companion at the time Nicolas Rey. “I met Nicolas Rey, who made me read his book. I already knew his work, but not this one. I fell in love with his novel. I said to him: ‘We absolutely have to do the adaptation. Jdropped the screenplay I was writing because I fell in love with it, it was obvious all of a sudden“, she had explained during this interview, without confiding in her romantic relationship with the famous writer.
Note that their names had already been associated two years earlier for a great occasion since they won the César for best short film after having co-directed The Woman from Rio. This work had notably been pre-purchased by Canal+, sold to international TV channels and obtained more than 50 selections at international festivals. But since this success and that of Promising Startthe flame seems to have died out between the two artists.
In 2019, Nicolas Rey confided in a painful separation, but evoking a certain Josephine. A rupture which had then been the subject of his eleventh novel.