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Braised with Abdellatif Kechiche because of “Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo”, Ophélie Bau still came to present the following at the Locarno festival in Switzerland.
Cinema – In Switzerland, moviegoers were able to discover Mektoub, My Love : Canto Duethe third part of the controversial trilogy Abdellatif Kechiche. The presence of Ophélie Bau during the presentation of the film marked the festival -goers and the press, because his relationship with the director remains stormy. She took the opportunity to take stock.
To understand this quarrel, you must first go back six years. The conflict between Ophélie Bau and Abdellatif Kechiche dates back to the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, at which the filmmaker came to present Mektoub, My Love : Intermezzo. In this film, an unpaid sex scene including the actress and her Romeo of Lacour caused a scandal and ignited the Croisette.
Ophélie Bau, who did not want this scene to appear in the final editing, had ended up getting lost after the climb of the steps. The actress did not go to the press conference the next day either. To this was added “The climbing of resentments by interposed reactions”as wrote at the end of July Libération. Result: an explosive cocktail that caused a serious disagreement between the director and the actress, who has always refused to see the film.
Contract respected between Abdellatif Kechiche and Ophélie Bau
But this year, for the projection of Mektoub, My Love : Canto DueOphélie Bau is very present alongside the film team. In an interview for cultural magazine Three colorsshe explains her decision: “The reason why I was absent in Cannes in 2019 is the same for which I come today. I was absent because the final assembly did not respect the contract between Kechiche and me. For “canto due”, the final assembly respects the contract. On this basis, there was no reason that I did not come ”.
Another reason, more linked to his profession, justifies his arrival. Ophélie Bau had “Want to accompany (son) character “. “I wanted to accompany her to leave her on the screen, and say goodbye and thank you”she tells Three colors.
This is not to say that the actress wants to return to the controversy aroundInterlude. She prefers to kick in touch and “Get free rein to everyone’s imagination” On what really happened. Rebelote on August 9, during a question session-answer in Locarno, Switzerland, as you can see below.
When a person in the room asked her how she felt he supported Abdellatif Kechiche’s work, his response did not wait. “I will elude the question simply because I am not here to talk about my experience on the set”she replied. Before specifying: “I am here for a film, the one that was screened, the one with which I agree today”. A film that does not yet have a release date in France.
