INTERVIEW
Wednesday night on France 2 French singer Olivia Ruiz plays Justine, a police officer of the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) and the main character of the TV movie States of Emergency . "The idea is not to become their spokesperson but we become more open and tolerant," says the artist at the microphone of Europe 1.
For her who comes from a family who fled the Francoist military dictatorship in Spain, accepting a role in a feature film about the malaise of the police was not obvious. "The post-teen girl antifa that I am more spontaneously stopped on police burr and had more empathy for the nursing or school environment," admits the actress. "We do not excuse but we now look at the extenuating circumstances differently."
"It was a profession that was completely foreign to me"
Olivia Ruiz looks back at the scenes of the shoot and highlights the "realism" of the TV movie. "It was a profession that was completely foreign to me," she says. "So I asked for a half-day immersion at the BAC of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, where I met a woman who could be Justine, she inspired the scenario."
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The artist is not at his first shoot. After gaining notoriety thanks to her adventure in the first season of Star Academy and her two albums, La femme chocolat (2005) and Miss Météores (2009), she started a new career in cinema from the years In particular, she had a role in the comedy One day my father will come , alongside Gérard Jugnot.