the first autofiction series by Judith Godrèche

A series directed by Judith Godrèche and in which she plays a French actress returning to France. A light and funny story about the status of star or not of French cinema, broadcast Thursday evening on Arte.

In this Franco-American series, Icon of French Cinemabroadcast Thursday December 28 on Arte, which translates as Icon of French Cinema, Judith Godrèche plays Judith Godrèche, an actress who left for the United States and who returns somewhat disillusioned. She misses a role in an upcoming film and will do everything to get it back.

And the actress, who starred in Benoît Jacquot’s films at the age of 14, doesn’t spare herself. Neither in the way she extremely charms a producer, nor in her irritation when she is always confused with Juliette Binoche.

While she was living in the United States, Judith Godrèche explains that she felt the desire to tell “the story of a French woman who returns to her country and who is a bit like a foreigner or who rediscovers France with the eyes of someone who has lived abroad”. The desire also to talk about cinema, “the world I grew up in”she says.

The series also tells the story of the young years of Judith Godrèche, played by a dazzling actress with Judith Godrèche who has been acting since the age of nine and is not afraid of anything. Another era also on the sets. “Today, what is also very interesting is to tell the difference between what was happening at one time and the way in which young actresses were treated. And today, my experience as a director has been the absolute opposite of what I experienced as an actress.”she explains.

It is therefore an ironic and fresh series which is broadcast, Thursday December 28, on Arte at 8:55 p.m. and available until June 20, 2024 on Arte.tv.