Monday, May 1 at 9:10 p.m. on France 3Virginie Efira opposite Benoît Poelvoorde in A family for rent. The opportunity for the actress to confide in her own adolescence, to say the least rich in adventures!
Not always easy to be a single mother, nor to be a father. Violette and Paul-André found out the hard way. While the first struggles to meet the needs of his household, the second, a wealthy single man, offers to help him through a contract that is surprising to say the least… Monday May 1 at 9:10 p.m. on France 3Virginie Efira opposite Benoît Poelvoorde in A family for rent. The actress, who won her first César in 2023 for her role in See Paris againplays a 40-year-old with a strong character and a colorful style. A character who reminded the actress and partner of Niels Schneider a surprising passage in his lifewhich she humorously talks about in the film’s press release.
“I was so happy that I did a little dance”
When asked to lend her features to Violette, Virginie Efira is over the moon. “I had seen The Anonymous Emotions and C’est la vie, and I had a lot of respect for Jean-Pierre (Améris, editor’s note): learning that he wanted to film with me delighted me. I started to read the script and this positive preconception became obvious on the tenth page”, she explains. Before adding that he liked everything about the project: “the role of Violette, of course, but also the vital energy of this story, where Jean-Pierre delivers an intimate part with the elegance of lightness. I was so happy that I did a little dance around the coffee table in my living room”. To prepare to step into the shoes of her character, the actress even agreed to undergo a very unique preparation. “I watched Les Nuits de Cabiria (…) For me, Violette was the type to listen to hip hop. I like these women who keep a strong link with their adolescence, with the slight pathos that it can have if they are thirty-five or forty years old. This refusal to age touches me a lot, like this way of dressing a little ‘too much’, motivated by a desperate desire to please”.
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“I was not the height of elegance”
It must be said that when she makes this last remark, Virginie Efira knows what she is talking about. And for good reason, it reminds him of his own adolescence. “I was not the height of elegance! I frequented go-go dancers, I wore big boots and a gold chain on my ankle”, she recalls. A past that gives him perspective on his character. “Like Violette, I had a little humor about myself and this overload of femininity. Often, it’s women who feel small who add a kilo of mascara”, she admits. However, she also sees deep values in Violette. “She’s a girl who holds on, who holds her head up. A pretty little soldier, a little vulgar, but dignified. She’s vulnerable, but she prefers not to weigh herself down. She swallows her complexes and continues to move forward with the exposed bra strap”. If her clothing choices collide with the smooth and bourgeois world of Paul-André, it is to finally bring them together better…
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