Marina Foïs, mistress of the 46th César ceremony -

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  • Marina Foïs is actively preparing for the 46th Cesar ceremony.

  • The mistress of ceremony intends to weigh her words without censoring herself.

  • She would like to ensure that the public and professionals are happy at the end of the ceremony.

The stakes are high, but Marina Foïs is not the type to slack off.

The mistress of ceremonies of the Cesar, broadcast on March 12 on Canal + from the Olympia, knows that she is expected at the turn of this 46th edition made complicated by the closing of the rooms and the Polanski controversy of last year.

Some professionals did not fail to remind

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all the harm they thought of a 2021 ceremony meaningless, according to them.

On this subject, Marina Foïs takes a quick turn during the zoom interview that she gave this Thursday to

20 minutes

.

“If they have seen the ceremony before it took place, I advise them not to watch it on March 12.

That way, they won't be disappointed! She exclaims.

And if they can see the future, I would like them to tell me when the Covid is going to end!

"

And these are not the recent cases that are shaking French cinema, between the director of the CNC Dominique Boutonnat indicted this Thursday morning for sexual assault and Ladj Ly, director of the César for best film in 2020 for

Les Misérables,

placed in custody at view breach of trust and abuse of social good, which make things easier.

“I do not comment on these societal subjects.

This type of business does not happen only in the cinema industry and I do not know the files, ”she insists.

Weigh his words

She is like that, Marina Foïs.

She gets carried away then recovers and that's why we appreciate it.

“I understand that people need to let off steam and some are very funny on social networks,” she admits.

So let's only keep what uplifts us, even when it's not nice.

There are slaps in the face that allow you to move forward.

»She remains fully aware of the flight of green wood received by Florence Foresti, mistress of ceremony last year.

“I'm weighing my words but it's super easy to slip, very easy to miss.

It is necessary to integrate our responsibility which is that of a public speech, she comments.

After that I am not sure that we can be fair by integrating all the diktats and well-formatted thinking.

"

Measurement but no self-censorship

However, Marina Foïs does not censor herself.

"I start from the principle that we should not forbid anything and then choose," she insists.

I am not shy about laughing because I have always laughed at my dramas.

To cheer us up even more, Marina Foïs has already announced that an honorary Caesar will be awarded to the Troupe du Splendid.

“Humor is a discipline not a reflex,” she explains.

There are things that can be entertained with friends that cannot be seen in public.

She therefore writes in the company of Blanche Gardin and Laurent Lafitte, who signs the production, while Benjamin Biolay is preparing to conduct an orchestra on stage and Roschdy Zem chairs the ensemble.

A collective work like the elaboration of a film.

"I'm not at ease because I'm not really the type to practice yoga," she jokes, but I try to be more confident in my desire than in my fears.

I'm not interesting when I panic.

"

Make everyone happy

After having confessed, during the press conference which preceded our interview, that she dreamed of seeing her name on the pediment of the Olympia, Marina Foïs does not hesitate to take self-mockery a bit further.

“I have a bit of a megalomaniac desire to please a lot of different people,” she says.

I would like the ceremony to please just as much to those who make the cinema as to the public she said.

I think that what binds us is the emotion, that of laughter and that of tears!

This is what we are impatiently awaiting for this ceremony, the precise details of which will be revealed as the pandemic progresses.

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