Impossible to imagine them one without the other. And yet, when Marine Delterme crossed paths with Florian Zeller, this story just seemed impossible. In 2003, the director and writer had the mission of interviewing her for a newspaper, while she exhibited sculptures on the theme of the face. It is that of the artist that he kept in mind … never to erase this image again. “I remember telling him, ‘If you like the show, call me back. Otherwise, it’s not worth it‘, she told already before. Luckily, he liked it and we never left each other.“
For the actress, the very idea of being in love led to a dead end. Coming out of a sentimental chaos, victim of a narcissistic pervert in the past, she simply no longer granted her trust. “He was 23, my oldest son’s age today, she explains in the columns of the magazine Paris Match. I was eleven years older, a 5 year old child, we were survivors of hell. He took us head on, my son and I … It’s incredible! This ‘young man’ almost saved us, he is the noblest soul I have ever met. He brought us back to life. With immense patience.“
Before him, life had shaken me up a lot
He stayed with her like a rock, and raised his son Gabriel with her. Florian Zeller was there when the young man, fruit of the loves of Marine Delterme and Jean-Philippe Écoffey, was living a very complicated adolescence. Married since June 5, 2010, the couple had, in 2008, a son named Roman. The 51-year-old actress still claims it has come a long way. The memories of her toxic romances have also helped Marine Delterme to play Maud in the series Handling, which will be broadcast on France 2 from January 10, 2022 – with Marc Ruchmann and Constance Dollé. “Before Florian, life had shaken me up a lot and I was in chaos, says the heroine of Alice Nevers. Florian transformed and stabilized me. He knows how to make sense of things … “
Find the full interview with Marine Delterme in the magazine Paris Match, n ° 3792 of January 6, 2022.