“I had parents who were passing through”: Vincent Lindon talks about the consequences of having had divorced parents

This Sunday, February 25, Vincent Lindon was the guest of the portrait of Audrey Crespo-Mara in Seven to eight, on TF1. In the casting of Like a son, a film by Nicolas Boukhrief in theaters on March 6, the actor spoke about his role as a committed teacher who takes an out-of-school child under his wing. The opportunity for him to look back on his childhood and to confide in certain painful memories in front of Thierry Ardisson’s wife. He explained that he chooses roles that are meaningful for a very specific reason. “I was raised by a father who was very strict on social discipline. He told us: ‘You can do whatever you want, as long as you are polite, kind to the people below you socially and respect others. . The rest, I don’t care'”, he remembered.

“If it can do any good for a teacher who is about to say to himself: ‘What’s the point of all this, I no longer have the strength, I’m going to stop’. If it changes the destiny or the decision of a person then it will be worth it to have made the film”, he added about this role. Sandrine Kiberlain’s ex-husband then admitted that school had not been fun for him, especially in the family situation in which he lived. “I was very unhappy when I was little because I had a lot of tics, and at the time we laughed a lot. I was also a child of divorced parents. In 1963, at school, I was the only one. Between my bitten nails, my separated parents and my tics, it was tough for a five-year-old kid.” recognized Vincent Lindon.

A painful absence

And to continue about his feeling of loneliness and lack of attention: “I had parents who were passing through all the time. It was doors that opened and closed in every direction. People barely listened to me, I had to speak quickly. “Go quickly and pack as many things as possible into the minimum amount of time.” Suzanne Lindon’s dad then admitted that he had never been able to get rid of this habit even when this need to go quickly was not necessary… He confided: “Often I say – which exasperates those close to me –: ‘Wait, please let me finish’. Even though the person has not yet cut me off.” On the absence of his mother, Vincent Lindon admitted that in addition to the lack, she also taught him “the cult of women”. “She was a very feminist woman before her time”he clarified before recognizing that his relationship with his mother, “This is the story of [sa] life” as assured by his two brothers Sylvain Lindon and Antoine Benichou. “For me, he is the great leader”, he continued before regretting the fact that even behind the screen, she did not notice him… Unlike her mother, a brilliant journalist at Marie Claire – Alix Dufaure remarried to Pierre Bénichou was an exceptional woman –Vincent Lindon tries as much as possible to be present for his children Marcel and Suzanne. “I want my children to be proud of me. Let them say that I was there,” concluded the actor.