Why the crazy roles suit Viriginie Efira so well

• In "Waiting for Bojangles", Virginie Efira plays a mother who fantasizes her life with the help of Romain Duris.

• She excels in the roles of woman stricken with unreason as she recently proved in "Madeleine Collins", released on December 22.

• His charisma and talent are major assets for these two films.

Virginie Efira is becoming more and more fascinating.

We had left her in July in the

convent

by Paul Verhoeven and we find her in quick succession in

by Antoine Barraud, since December 22, and in

by Régis Poinsard, this week in theaters.

What do their recent performances have in common?

She embodies women stricken with unreason.

And not just a little!

Madeleine Collins leads a double life in Switzerland and France without the knowledge of her companions and her children, and the heroine of

refuses reality to the point of inventing a fantasized existence with the help of her husband played by Romain Duris.

"I think it's my physique that encourages me to entrust these characters to me," explains the actress to

.

I'm not talking about morphology, but about the fact that I have the face of a good girl.

"

Dancing on the edge of the abyss

She is too modest, Virginie Efira, because her luminous beauty brings an incomparable seduction to these heroines who dance on the edge of the abyss of madness. "I'm the kind of woman you'd take as a babysitter without the slightest hesitation," she jokes. This makes the madness of my characters all the more disturbing as it is unpredictable. "Between the young Solan Machado-Graner, a talented beginner who plays her son, and Grégory Gadebois, sublime as a devoted friend, the actress blossoms in

, inspired by a multi-award-winning bestseller by Olivier Bourdeaut.

"This woman celebrates existence and that's what attracted me to her," says Virginie Efira.

Nothing can reach her when she lets herself be carried away in the dance by her husband on the song by Nina Simone which gives the film its title.

The couple discovers their mutual passion by dancing the tango carrying the spectator to the rhythm of their steps.

A magical choreography gives the "la" to their story where the sense of celebration plays a preponderant role.

"She touches me with her desperate desire to escape her mental illness," admits the actress.

When you are in your forties, you are credible in this type of role because you are old enough to have already experienced a lot.

"

Refuse the daily

Whether in

or in

, Virginie Efira gives voice to heroines who refuse everyday life with overwhelming vehemence at the risk of leading those around them into a spiral of misfortune.

She naturally stands out as one of the greatest current actresses.

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"It's wonderful to have been able to find the money to make such a free film in our time," says Virginie Efira.

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