On January 6, 2022, Juliette Binoche was invited to the show C to you on France 5 to present his next film, Ouistreham, due in theaters on January 12th. The actress spoke in particular about her past as a homeless woman and could not hide her emotion.
A poignant film which resonates particularly in the heart of the Oscar-winning actress. January 6, 2022, Juliette Binoche was the guest of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine in C to you on France 5 in order to present his next film, Ouistreham, scheduled in theaters on January 12. A feature film directed by Emmanuel Carrère, in which the ex-companion of Benoit Magimel embodies the role of a writer, infiltrated in a group of housekeepers in Caen, in order to understand what the precariousness of this profession looks like. In this regard, she did not blush to mention her past as a homeless woman, going from odd job to odd job. “We hardly forget these moments”, she confides on the set. The mother of two has also agreed to tell a striking anecdote of this difficult period.
Years marked by great precariousness
In 1991, shortly before turning The Lovers on the Bridge, film that will mark a turning point in her life as an actress, Juliette Binoche lived on the streets for a few days. An era that she recounts in an archive video, unearthed by Pierre Lescure and broadcast on set. “When you’re in the bottom of the hole, you don’t see the solutions. It’s a vicious circle : no housing, no work … It’s a spinning wheel that becomes nightmarish “, explains the young actress facing the camera. Back on set, the star looks back on this stage of her life, her voice trembling.
The gesture of a man in the street who touched Juliette Binoche
“I went to Nanterre, where we picked up tramps for treatment. […] So I slept there, which was already an ordeal, but very interesting … And returning to Paris, we took a bus that let us go to take the metro. And there, a man in his forties said to me: ‘I have a 500-franc note, if you want, we can share’“, says Juliette Binoche, seized by emotion. A memory told in the film Ouistreham, where even Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine concedes: “This is the time to cry.”