Alongside her already very eventful life as an actress, Marina Foïs also has to take care of her two boys. The 52-year-old Franco-Italian, sensational last May at the Cannes Film Festival, attaches great importance to raising her children well, which she insisted on recalling in an interview with the magazine Madame Figaro.
“I find it difficult to be balanced in their upbringing” she recognized at first, before estimating that the most important thing for a mother or a father is to listen. “I remember a scene from A Violent Life, by Thierry de Peretti, in which a mother who has lost her teenage daughter says: “I didn’t listen to her enough.” This sentence overwhelmed me, I believe that the framework that is imposed on them and the principles that are instilled in them only work if we listen to them and if we look at them with accuracy” she confided during this interview.
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The former mistress of ceremonies of the Caesars, banned from younger music, wants above all to understand the needs of her two sons instead of imposing things on them. “We must try to identify who these people are and what they need beyond what we believe is good for them.” she explained, very convinced. Fortunately for her, her children already know what to do with their lives. “My sons are fortunate to be driven by a passion and gifted in their field: the eldest is 17 years old, he dreams of becoming a driver and already excels in karting competitions. The youngest is 13 years old and sees himself as a restaurant chef” she revealed.
Her two sons, named Lazare and George, were born from her relationship with director Éric Lartigau, whom she fell in love with in 1999. The couple officially separated in March 2021, after more than 20 years together. But she still keeps a very good relationship with her former companion. “The dialogue never stopped. Our relationship has always been multiple. she said in an interview with Paris Match. In the past, the Polisse actress fell into the arms of bodybuilder Maxime Lefrançois, elected Miss Universe 2010, not to mention her relationship with Maurice Barthélémy, her Robin Hood sidekick, which lasted almost 9 years.