- It is not only the painter Bonnard in the film "Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe" by Martin Provost, at Cannes Première.
- There is also Marthe Bonnard, played by Cécile de France, two personalities who resemble each other for their sympathy.
Painting in cinema is not built in a single brushstroke. Cécile de France as Marthe Bonnard, wife of the painter but above all an essential figure in the work of the artist, between the muse and the obsession, is aware of the role to be played in front of Martin Provost's camera. "My character is enigmatic and singular: Marthe invented a new name, a new identity, the day she fell in love with Pierre Bonnard who was her ideal," says captivated Cécile de France to 20 Minutes.
Cécile de France and her sympathy capital
What we notice very quickly is the obvious parallel between Cécile de France (Un secret, the Klapisch trilogy, Le Gamin au vélo, etc.) and the character she embodies, human, friendly and also sympathetic. We become attached to Marthe at the height that we like to vibrate in front of the emotions that transpire the actress. Cécile de France, a graduate of the School of Fine Arts, has a real appetite for art and painting. Which brings her even closer to Martha. We get attached to his character.
Despite the sympathetic side, the film highlights the complexity of a female character, sublimated by the place of the painter - wonderfully embodied by Vincent Macaigne, in the life of this mysterious woman. "Martha is very quickly locked in her lies, in her world, and at some point, she will become a painter too. And then she becomes psychotic... All these trajectories lead her to a total fusion with the man of her life, Pierre Bonnard, "confirms the actress.
A video interview, a decryption that mixes painting and cinema, is to be found at the top of this article.
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