Sophie Marceau experienced adult problems very early on. Discovered by the French public in 1980 in the film The party, by Claude Pinoteau, the actress had to make a radical career choice when she was only 16 years old. Tied to Gaumont by an exclusive contract, she has indeed decided to regain her freedom… by signing a big fat check for one million francs.
“I had just signed another film with them, for three days of shooting, and they didn’t want to release me to do Andrzej Zulawski’s film [L’amour braque, NDLR.]. We could have completely arranged three days of filming but they had decided that it would be differentshe says in an interview with Konbini. Since I had signed my contract, they had me. I asked them if it was possible to arrange something, but they refused. So I did what seemed important to me.“
But how can people decide my life?
She shot four times for Andrzej Zulawski, whom she had met at the Cannes Film Festival in 1981. We have to believe that this breach of contract was the right decision to make since it completely upset Sophie Marceau’s life. The actress has been in a relationship for seventeen years with the director, and father of her son Vincent, 26 years old. Alas, life separated them in 2001 and the filmmaker died on February 17, 2016.”I went there with my heartshe continues. I said to myself: ‘But how can people decide about my life, about what I should or shouldn’t do?’ At least it’s good lessons. It taught me to defend myself with my little fists and say what I want and what I don’t want.”