Why Juliette Binoche will never forget her meeting with the Pope

INTERVIEW

Guest of Michel Denisot on Saturday on Europe 1, Juliette Binoche confided in the icons that have marked her life.

And the actress notably lingered on her particular meeting with Pope Francis.

“I was offered a little Rublev icon of Christ. It is an absolutely wonderful detail. The image and passed because it is very old, but it really moved me because it is a look presence which is rare, ”she first describes.

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"He really looked her in the eye and gave her a smack"

“When I travel, I have my little secrets with me. Among them is this little icon, which was blessed in an Orthodox church in Russia. I have it in my bag and have it signed by Annick de Souzenelle (author of many spiritual books, editor's note), whom I admire a lot, or by Marguerite Kardos, who is a specialist in Sumerians and dialogues with the angel (and linguist, editor's note). made people sign who are very much alive, in my life and in my soul. I also wanted this icon to be signed by Pope Francis ", she continues.

"I asked him, he did and at the end he turned it over, he really looked her in the eye and he smacked it, a big kiss. It was like blessed by him. There, the icon becomes alive because it is marked by a story, ”she smiles again.

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A meeting about ecology

The actress then explained that her meeting with the Pope was not part of a "Catholic believing process".

"I'm not a Catholic, but I was brought up in that environment," she explains.

Indeed, Juliette Binoche met Pope Francis about the ecological: "He wrote a wonderful book,

. He was helped by people who work with him in the Vatican to tell what is happening on ecology and the urgency to change our way of living and doing things, because climate change is dramatic and we must act ".