Nine years later Astragalus, director Brigitte Sy released her fourth feature film this Wednesday, January 31, Happiness is for tomorrow. Starring in this film is Laetitia Casta. Just there, nothing very original, except that Brigitte Sy is the mother of Louis Garrel, the husband of the former model. In the middle of their promotion, the two women took part in the interview game with the daily newspaper Nice morning this Wednesday, January 31.
The director having her own universe, he was asked to the 45 year old actress if their relationship had helped him tame it. The mother of four responded bluntly: “The human encounter with Brigitte, who took a very important place in my life, is decisive. I was deeply touched by what she expressed, by her experience, her story.”even specifying: “It took over from her being part of my family. First of all, I met a woman!”
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Laetitia Casta freed herself from the gaze of others
This filming experience was particularly beneficial for Laetitia Casta. The one who chose original first names for her four children has, in fact, explained how she came to work with her mother-in-law and what it had brought her : “She spoke to me about her project, in which I wanted to participate, having the impression, after having shot two films with Louis Garrel, of closing something, to free myself from the gaze of directors and to rediscover a certain authenticity.“ Laetitia Casta, who revealed that she does not fear aging, added that this purpose was “very important to [ses] eyes”. Daughter-in-law and mother-in-law really like each other. As Laetitia Casta explained in the columns of Marie Claire in 2022, Brigitte Sy wrote him a letter who has it “very touched”. “She spoke to me about the mother that I am – and that I try to be”, Corsica remembered. And the latter added about Philippe Garrel’s former partner: “Beyond the fact that she is Louis’ mother, she is a woman with incredible talent, and from the first meeting, I ignored the fact that she was my mother-in-law.“ If Laetitia Casta found love with Louis Garrel, he obviously allowed her to have another beautiful encounter.
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