Sophie Marceau signed a check for one million at the age of 16…

She was barely out of the “La Boum” experience when Sophie Marceau found herself faced with a cruel dilemma. This decision, the actress paid a high price.

Sophie Marceau experienced adult problems very early on. Discovered by the French public in 1980 in the film La Boum, by Claude Pinoteau, the actress had to make a radical career choice when she was only 16 years old. Tied to Gaumont by an exclusive contract, she has actually decided to regain her freedom… by signing a big fat check for one million francs.

“I had just signed another film with them, for three days of shooting, and they didn’t want to release me to do Andrzej Zulawski’s film [L’amour braque, NDLR]. could arrange three days of filming but they had decided that it would be otherwise, she says in an interview with Konbini. As I had signed my contract, they held me. I asked them if it was possible to fix something, but they didn’t want to. So I did what I thought was important to me.”

But how can people decide my life?

She shot four times for Andrzej Zulawski, whom she had met at the Cannes Film Festival in 1981. We have to believe that this breach of contract was the right decision to make since it completely upset Sophie Marceau’s life. The actress has been in a relationship for seventeen years with the director, and father of her son Vincent, 26 years old. Alas, life separated them in 2001 and the filmmaker died on February 17, 2016. “I went there with my heart, she continues. I said to myself: ‘But how can people decide on my life? , what should I do or not do?’ At least it’s good lessons. It taught me to defend myself with my little fists and say what I want and what I don’t want.”

Sophie Marceau shot for the greatest, after completing the two films of the La Boum saga, and after separating from Gaumont. Maurice Pialat, Bertrand Tavernier, Mel Gibson took her for heroine. The actress, 55, is now showing the film I Love America with Colin Woodell, by Lisa Azuelos, of which she has become the muse. The feature film has been available on Amazon Prime since March 11, 2022. And to think that all this could never have happened…