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‘WE ALL BELIEVE IN LOVE STORIES’

Sophie Marceau loves making movies for the same reason audiences love watching them – namely, a bit of escapism.

“The whole process of making a movie is very special,” she says. “To me, it’s like recreating another world. Also, you are part of a family. For two or three months, you’re totally taken care of. And life cannot get to you any more.”

Marceau is one of France’s most famous and prolific actors. To international audiences she is best known for and being only the second main (Lotte Lenya in the other), and the 55-year-old is a megastar in her home country.

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