They form the most iconic female duo in French cinema. Leïla Bekhti and Géraldine Nakache offer, on screen as well as in the city, the ideal image of an incredible romance of friendship. They often gave each other the line, and one led the other three times. A complicity, better a sorority, which thrilled millions of French people, in the film Everything that shines in 2008. A comedy that brought together for the first time the two emblematic actresses of their generation. And when Leïla Bekhti wins the César for best female hope for her role as Lila who dreams of getting out of her social condition, she declares very moved: “I would like to thank Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran, your eyes made me full, I’m so proud to have met you.” In the room, Géraldine Nakache burst into tears. A sublime emotional sequence… The two women have found each other and will never let go.
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“It’s nice to find someone you can rely on in this environment from the start”
In 2012, the duo returned to the screens in We York,where everyone lives their American Dream in their own way. Seven years later, Géraldine Nakache and Leïla Bekhti return together for I will gowhere you will go, a road trip that brings together two angry sisters who reconcile against the backdrop of Celine Dion. And when they are not playing together, they continue to see each other, often… Recently, the friends participated in season 3 of LOL: who laughs comes out, the game of confinement of peoples which has been decried so much… but where the two accomplices seemed to really have fun. And always, far from the sets, close to the heart… On April 5, Leïla Bekhti was interviewed by the magazine Marie Claireon the occasion of the cinema release of This is mymale, by Guillaume Bureau. The 39-year-old actress plays a photographer from the 1910s, who survives the absence of her husband on the battlefield thanks to the hope of finding him one day. He will come back, or not really: without identity, without memory of her or of their love. A performance performed alongside Louise Bourgoin and Karim Leklou about whom she speaks in a touching way. But as soon as we talk about real emotions on his “past thirteen years”Tahar Rahim’s wife does not hesitate: “I think of Geraldine [Nakache, qui a co-réalisé Tout ce qui brille, ndlr]. Without making a big speech, we were still together on Saturday evening.
“Géraldine Nakache is one of the great loves of my life. As in a couple, we share years of memories. Thirteen years of deep friendship. We have both evolved in our lives, we are became mothers… And it’s still there. The relationship is… pic.twitter.com/V7lYMp5dny
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And to continue: “As in a couple, we share years of memories. Thirteen years of deep friendship. We both evolved in our lives, we became mothers… And it’s still there. The relationship is intact. It’s even stronger between us. Géraldine is one of the women in my life. One of the great loves of my life. We were talking about pitfalls earlier… Saying: “Géraldine has been my best friend since Everything that shines” could be one. But it turns out that it’s nice to find someone to rely on in this environment from the start. I don’t forget that during this shoot – which was so important to me.. -, she taught me a lot about this profession.” A very beautiful declaration of love.
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