When fiction sometimes meets reality. In the casting of More beautiful life for almost fifteen years, Léa François has played the role of Mistral boss Barbara Évenot, a teenager who was confronted at a very young age with the abandonment of both her parents: her father, a criminal of the worst kind, allowed himself to be killed for escape prison, and his mother, complicit through her silence, had fled to Uruguay. But in real life, the actress also experienced similar disillusionment… As she reveals to Closer this Friday February 2, 2024, Léa François, who can still be found in the casting of the series More beautiful life on TF1, had to face the sudden and hasty departure of his parents…
Tired of their life in France, Léa François’ parents made a categorical decision a few years ago: to leave everything behind to go and live a new life in Reunioneven if it means being away from their daughter and their grandchildren. “At 50, they left suddenly. My father is a computer scientist and my mother did cold calling, which she didn’t like at all. My father saw an advertisement for the same position as his in Reunion and my mother told him said to apply. They are living their best life” explains the actress who is mother of Louison, 4 years old, and Soa, 2 and a half years old.
Léa François can count on her companion
Léa François sometimes finds it difficult to live this family life peacefully due to the numerous film shoots she does, between Plus belle la vie and the other TV film proposals made to her here and there. But luckily for her, her companion, Simon, is there to take her place : “I’m lucky to have daughters who don’t start crying when I leave on Sunday evening. I explain to them everything I do, every day, every evening when I’m with them (…) I “I have a partner who is present and I measure how lucky I am compared to my friends who are single mothers” she explained. In a few days, Léa François will be found at the heart of a new intrigue in More beautiful lifeduring which will be discussed the tragic fate given to the character of Abdel Fedala, following the suicide of his interpreter Marwan Berreni…