"Marianne, it's not me, but to put something personal, it's what Louis wanted, to grab something from what he knows": before the release Wednesday of The Faithful Man , directed by his companion Louis Garrel, Laetitia Casta has confided in Europe 1 on his role and the manufacture a little particular personal film, almost intimate.
Avoid an "embarrassing thing". "I saw a film that was born before my eyes, it asked me to read each scene, I interpreted all the characters," says the 40-year-old model and actress, for whom "age does not exist" . "I did not think at all that I was going to play in the movie, I was very scared, I dreaded that, working with Louis Garrel was a special experience, because we know each other well in intimacy. We said to ourselves: 'Are we going to produce something that remains a cinematographic proposition?' It had to remain an object, a work, and not an embarrassing thing for others or for oneself. "
The "gift" of Louis Garrel. However, Laetitia Casta "does not regret at all" to have met the challenge. "It's a gift he gave me. (...) In the game, I was in something quite peaceful, quite sure, a kind of quiet force" that joins his character Marianne, a woman that his former companion (Abel, played by Louis Garrel) tries to regain, while being attracted by another young woman (Eve, played by the young Lily-Rose Depp).
"The character of Marianne is quite mysterious: it is the one who reveals the least, who hides his feelings," summarizes Laetitia Casta. "Eve is much younger, much more in the knowledge of her desire." Louis wanted to capture the time that passes when you come out of childhood.This speaks of deep and intense things, but it is a film that remains light , who makes even laugh. "