INTERVIEW
Pillar of French cinema, Guillaume Canet is also a horse enthusiast. A passion that the actor, former member of the team of France junior obstacles, continues to practice, including the Longines Masters of Paris which takes place since Thursday in Villepinte, in parallel with the Horse Show, and of which Europe 1 is partner . "This sport helps me to keep my feet on the ground," says the director of the next Asterix microphone Wendy Bouchard.
With a professional license, Guillaume Canet describes himself as "amateur". Saturday, during the Masters, the actor has jumped bar one meter 45, however, being a little disappointed with his performance. "I was not in," he confesses. According to him, his performances on horseback suffer from his strong news in the cinema. "As much as two years ago I managed to combine the two, as much this year, it was very difficult for me, with the three films that came out ( We'll finish together , In the name of the earth , The beautiful era ) , the promo, the pressure, etc. "
"Many riders are farmers"
"I blame the end of year fatigue with all these films, including In the name of the earth, " he continues, describing "a very moving film to do and wear." Describing the daily life of a farmer facing severe economic difficulties, and addressing the theme of suicides in the profession, the feature film directed by Edouard Bergeon is one of the popular successes of the end of the year, tutelage the two million entries.
The film "has released a lot of emotion, it has hit me a lot, I am a little down," said Guillaume Canet, who recalls that the subject of the film is not unrelated to his passion for riding. The world of the horse "is a middle of people of the rural environment", develops it, "many riders are farmers". Still this morning, he says, the chief of the track on which the actor competed came to confide his emotion to the film. "He came to see me with very moved eyes, and he said to me, 'I am also a farmer and my son cried throughout the movie'".
"Everyone is at the same level"
For Guillaume Canet, this closeness to horse riding professionals and breeders is one of the driving forces of this sporting passion. "This practice also helps me to have my feet on the ground (...) everyone is at the same level". And the actor to tell an anecdote lived by Jean Rochefort, another comedian keen on riding, and that Guillaume Canet had directed in particular Ne tell to Nobody . The actor, who disappeared in 2017, had once met a breeder he had been dating for many years, and the latter had taken him aside, to tell him, astonished, "Say, I saw you at the TV, I did not know you were making movies ".