During his exclusive interview for seven to eight on TF1 this October 16, 2022, Emmanuelle Seigner opened her heart like never before. The wife of Roman Polanski had already spoken about the accusations against the multi-award-winning Franco-Polish filmmaker, but this time, she talks about it in front of the camera, answering questions from Audrey Crespo-Mara. On the occasion of the release of his autobiographical book A burnt life (Observatory editions), she returned to her relationship with her husband and father of her two children Morgane and Elvis, but also to certain attacks from feminists. Cash, she is not afraid of controversy and also clarifies certain things about an actress who had shown all her disgust during the Cesars.
In 2020, Roman Polanski again receives a César, for the film I accuse in this case, Adèle Haenel loses her temper and leaves the room in a rage. “Well done pedophilia“, can we hear her shout in the corridors of the Châtelet theater. Emmanuelle Seigner returns to the subject, she who had not attended the ceremony, like the entire film crew and tells another moment, in 2014 : “What I remember is at the time of La venus in fur… She was also an actress that I respect. She came to see me at the César luncheon. We had eight nominations. She knelt down, she took my hand and she congratulated me so much for my role, for a film by my husband and really feminist too. Finding her reaction to the Césars two years ago completely crazy, she admits that she does not understand it.
In her interview, Mathilde Seigner’s sister believes that her husband is dirty and that his presumption of innocence has been flouted. She returned at length to the most publicized case and which has weighed on him with the threat of extradition to the United States for years, that of the charge of rape in 1977 on a minor, a victim who has since asked this let her be left out of all this media coverage. According to the French actress, she is also in contact with Roman Polanski and has a good relationship with him.