Marie Trintignant, Anna Mouglalis, the confidences of Samuel Benchétrit on the women of his life

" Only women helped me grow anyway. They formed me . Writer and director, Samuel Benchetrit loves women as much as he speaks of her: with words borrowing softness, tenderness. In the columns of Elle two years ago, on the occasion of an interview for the release of her book The Night with My Wife, he confided in women of his life. This book was about his love affair with Marie Trintignant, the mother of her son Jules, now nineteen years old.

Samuel Benchetrit and Vanessa Paradis were married on June 30 after 2 years of love. Before this idyll, the director and author lived two remarkable love stories, with Marie Trintignant then with Anna Mouglalis. He told She her encounter with " Mary ", when he had " twenty years " : " C was a December 17th. I was a suburban guy who was a bit bored, very shy, a little unkind, too, but I aspired to things, dreams, love, poetry. […] She was very funny and, above all, she was very free. It is his freedom that best defines it .

He is not stingy with Anna Mouglalis either: " With Anna, who is the mother of my granddaughter, we are still very close, very friendly. Because I'm ready to fight for it to go well . […] Anna, she is an extraordinary woman. She too is very free, and has no judgment on others. She has no lukewarmness. She absolutely loves . And she does not love absolutely anymore. At least it's simple! " Words borrowed with infinite gentleness

Samuel Benchetrit has good relations with his former companions. " I would not be able to have crappy relationships with my ex, it would drive me crazy ," he confessed. He believes in love, a love that is transformed after a breakup. " People are leaving, people are coming back. When she left [Marie Trintignant, NDLR] I was unhappy, that's normal, we had lived together for eight years. But I yearned for our love to change. And I know it's quite possible . »

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