The first awards for Aline start to fall. On February 15, the Daniel Toscan du Plantier prize was awarded to Rectangle Productions, the company behind the latest film directed by Valérie Lemercier. And, on February 16, the star received a golden Q on the set of Day-to-day. Something to please her, she who feels a little shunned by the middle. Maybe the next Cesar ceremony, where she won ten nominations, who will be wrong?
Invited by Yann Barthès to attend the Q d’or 2022 ceremony, Valérie Lemercier therefore received the trophy for best director for Aline, his true/false biopic on Celine Dion which attracted 1.3 million moviegoers in France alone. “You could have received the award for actress, screenwriter, performance… Glad to have the award for director?“, asked the host. “Yes very ! Because I was never really taken seriously in this profession of director“, she replied. Words that are surprising since it is not at her first attempt, she who notably signed the films The bottom Where Royal Palace!its biggest hit to date with 2.7 million viewers.
Valérie Lemercier, who is already back on stage with the play The Beloved Sisters, then recounted an anecdote describing according to her how her director’s cap is not so striking for people in the profession. “For example, on my penultimate film [Marie-Francine sorti en 2017, NDLR], I had people come for a making off, and they came to ask me questions, like everyone else, and they said to me: ‘How do you feel about making your first film? ?’ They hadn’t even looked on Wikipedia that it was already my fifth… I don’t think I look professional (…) So I’m happy to have this golden Q as a director, it’s is a profession that I really enjoy“, she said.
Valérier Lemercier also took advantage of his presence on the set of Day-to-day to tell Yann Barthès what she thinks of his permanent mockery of Celine Dion. “It was hard, I found it unfair, I was angry with you. I found it a little too much for my taste, because I love it even more than you“, she assured the host who defended himself from mockery against the Quebec diva, assuring that in the show, basically, they like it.