Airing this Monday night on TF1, the comedy Marie-Francine, with Valerie Lemercier and her sister, tells the story of a woman who is too old for her husband and too busy with her job to move back in with her parents. in 50 years! Infantilized by them, however, they force her to finally meet Miguel at a small e-cigarette shop.
A feature film released in theaters in 2017 before simply becoming Marie-Francis was called Marie-francine, are you coming back at this age?. He was also baptized between these two names Marie-Francis Cup, emphasized the fact that the main character finally got lucky. But beyond this story of alternate titles, why did you choose the first name Marie-Francine?
A few years ago, a friend of Valérie Lemercier called Marie-Francis to tell her about her Vietnamese housekeeper, who lives in the same building in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and who had just given birth to a baby she named…Marie. – Francina! This anecdote inspired Valérie Lemercier to write the script for the film, which centers on a 50-year-old woman named Marie-Francine who is forced to move back in with her parents.
“I look a lot at the meaning of names in books, on the Internet, in shows and movies, to find out when it is given, how many…“, confides the film director and actor. “So I discovered that there are 14 Marie-Francines living in France… including two living in the same building!”
Valérie Lemercier is Marie-Francine: “a modern, original and feminine face” in the romantic comedy
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