On February 29, Marina Foïs gave an interview to the magazine Marie Claire. In the columns of our colleagues, the 54-year-old actress explained that she it has always been the custom to consult a psychologist to get better, move forward in life or simply to support them throughout their existence. She also confided, in a more intimate and open-hearted way, on the loss of his brother. It was a very painful disappearance that occurred when she was only 29 years old and which caused a lot of anger. As a reminder, his eldest lost his life brutally in an accident of plane. In all honesty, Marina Foïs indicated that she was able to count on the help of her psychologist to cope with this terrible, unforeseen loss.
“The disaster arrived when I was already in analysis. It was a framework that saved me. I started consulting at 23, aware that neuroses and brakes prevented me from moving forward. I had to get rid of it to be free.” elaborated the actress, before giving honest details about this delicate period, particularly from a professional point of view: “These self-impediments made me miss everything. I had just gone through a year where I had passed all auditions. And I followed it up with a year where the opposite happened. I failed all the national theater schools. And all my friends came home. We then have the option of telling ourselves that competitions are crap, of blaming the rest of the world…” On her way, and without immediately mentioning concretely the impact of the death of her older brother on her life, Marina Foïs stated that he had “the intuition that[‘elle] had to[t] [s]and question” to deal with pain and personal failures. “I discovered that I had to embrace my ambition, my visceral desire to be in the light. It’s complicated when we come from a family where we are several brothers and sisters. We are used to sharing. I had to take my place.”, she said.
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Then questioned by our colleagues about these moments when she could have lost her footing, actress Marina Foïs revealed that she had “experienced anger” when his eldest took his last breath. “Anger helps you move forward. But it’s annoying for others too. I have memories of fits of rage. I trashed an apartment. I couldn’t say something as simple as, ‘I miss my brother.’ I always deceive myself”, she declared, adding, without taboo: “I’m asserting my dignity, which is bullshit. It looks like courage, but it’s a form of escape. So yes, I suffered a lot from this loss which makes no sense.” Marina Foïs then blurted out, gratefully: “The paradox is that that did not prevent me, during those years, from meeting the father of my children [Eric Lartigau, le réalisateur qui lui a donné deux fils, Lazare et Georges, avant de s’en séparer en 2021n NDLR]. To laugh, I never laughed as much with my friends as during this period when I was at Canal+. Sadness does not prevent joy.” A beautiful life lesson, to dance in the rain despite the storm.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias
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