There was already the rose Catherine Deneuve, the Jeanne Moreau rose or the Sophia Loren rose. In the garden of beautiful spines, we will now have to reckon with the Laure Calamy rose. A baptism of the rose was organized at the castle of Saint-Jean-Le-Blanc in the Loiret, very close to Orléans. The heroine of the film Antoinette in the Cevennes was present at the ceremony this Saturday, October 1, 2022.
It is a flamboyant pink, as tangy as a raspberry, in bud or fully bloomed, the Laure Calamy rose looks like two drops of water to its godmother. After two years of work, this little news comes to enrich the rose garden of the castle of Saint-Jean-Le-Blanc alongside the other 76 varieties. The choice to baptize a new flower with the name of the actress is no coincidence. “She is from the region, she comes regularly when there are previews and it was a pleasure for us to name a rosebush in her name”, explains Françoise Grivotel, the mayor of Saint-Jean-le-Blanc.
A name that has become essential at the box office of French cinema. Revealed in the series Ten percent, awarded a César for her role in the film Antoinette in the CevennesLaure Calamy explores all the roles, superbly quirky or deeply tragic.
As a young student at the Orleans Conservatory, it was here that she took her first steps in the theater, she maintains a deep bond with her hometown. “I liked this city for the cultural access it gave me. At the time it was at the Martrois cinema where I was able to see films that were coming out, a bit of blockbusters”, she remembers.
It is therefore quite natural that Laure Calamy came to Loiret to promote her latest film, The Origin of Evil, by Sébastien Marnier, where she shares the bill with Jacques Weber, Dominique Blanc, Doria Tillier and Celeste Brunnquell. A thorny plot that will be on screens on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. “It’s a thriller, something quite poisonous but at the same time very funny”reveals the actress.