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In the late afternoon last Saturday I arrived in
Paris to meet my friend Frédérique at the famous Gare de l'Est. We wanted to take advantage of the fact
that I was already in Paris, to make the most of
my stay in France! I admit with pleasure, we did
our name
«
les filles des grands chemins
»
all honor this last weekend!
Our first
destination on that night was a visit to the
theatre!
It is quite
an adventure to walk around the streets of
Paris....so we decided to take the métro to go
to "Le Petit Saint Martin" an adorable little
theatre!
The idea was to watch the brand new play
«
SOIF
» with the lovely
Corinne Touzet, directed by our
creative and ingenious
Marion Sarraut - Mistress
of fantastic TV-Series.
Even if I repeat myself; no one could have
directed Marianne,
Catherine,
La Florentine
and
Le Gerfaut like Marion Sarraut did! I do not
have the right to critisize other directors, but
for once I am sure that all fans agree with me,
Marion Sarraut and only she - was destined to do
such an enormous and dreamy job! To satisfy and
make all fans of
Juliette Benzoni's precious
books very happy!
We arrived in time, to get our tickets, which
we had reserved some time ago. As we stood there
smiling and joking with the girls at the
reception, a door opened and a woman walked past
us...and we recognised Marion Sarraut on the
spot! She looked beautiful, dressed all in black
and in one accord we walked up to her and
introduced ourselves to Madame Marion. To our
immense joy, Marion Sarraut recognised us and
greeted us very amicably. She hoped that we
would enjoy the play, smiled and said we could
meet her after the play for a little talk!
My friend and I entered the adorable little
theatre, took our seats and said in one accord:
"Unbelievable"...a few minutes after our arrival
and we meet already the one and only Marion
Sarraut! It was almost at first impossible to
concentrate on the scene before us, because now
had begun. It was a great play and Corinne
Touzet
was as beautiful as ever. Her male partner Fred
Nony, who also wrote the play, a fantastic
partner. The two actors were marvellous and the
piece very entertaining, at times funny,
contemplative and sexy.
Corinne looking absolutely ravishing in a
pair of blue jeans and a very becoming white
blouse. We just adored her dancing to a popular
song during the play! She is a great actress and
for a moment one forgot that it was after all
just a play in front of us. We felt close to the
two marvellous actors, who did a tremendous job,
being on stage alone for over an hour and having
their audience all the while greatly entertained.
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Before we knew it the play was over. A great
applause called Miss Corinne and Fred Nony back
on stage again and again and almost regretfully
we left the cosy atmospheric salle.
We joined all the other spectators, who like us,
were hoping to meet the actors and Madame
Marion...! We were not disappointed, shortly
afterwards, the ladies and a gentleman, entered
under applause the room. JouJou recognised at
the same time attractive Yves Peney, the actor
who played to perfection
«
King Louis XI
»
in La
Florentine and
«
Cardinal Rohan
»
in
La Comtesse de Charny (both directed by Marion Sarraut). It is
to the charming Yves Peney we must say thank you
for these gorgeous photos of Marion Sarraut,
Corinne Touzet and Fred Nony. It was really
delightful of him to play
«
papparazzi
»
for us
girls. I apologise openly for having messed up
the only two photos of that evening - and that
with him, Marion and Frédérique on the picture!
We had a long talk with our dear Marion, who is
such a adorable warm-hearted woman. We will
never forget her kind words to us and the
sympathy she showed openly to us and for our
passion towards everything connected with the
Benzoni/Sarraut family. I understand now why
everyone who answered my
Mistral's 12
questions, talked so enthusiastically after
all these years about Marion Sarraut. One just
has to love this enchanting woman.
It was Marion Sarraut herself, who took us by the
shoulders and brought us over to Corinne Touzet
for the signing of our booklets we had bought at
the entrance.
A very relaxed Corinne looked smiling up and
recognised us from last year. I thanked Miss
Corinne again for sending me that magnificence
interview. To our great joy we received a new
dedication from Corinne, which I personally
treasure even more so this time. The sympathy
which was shown to us by the beautiful actress
filled us with affection.
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Mistral, Marion Sarraut, Frédérique |
Frédérique Corinne Touzet, Mistral |
I exchanged also some words with the author of
the play Fred Nony, who agreed with pleasure to
sign our booklet too. During that time Marion Sarraut
sat down and wrote without our noticing
it, for each of us these splendid dedications.
We could not resist to ask for a mutual photo,
together with Marion Sarraut, Corinne Touzet and
Fred Nony. I would like to express again my deep
gratitude for that fabulous moment, standing
together with these extraordinary personalities.
Even though they had just had a "working day"
behind them, they stayed a moment longer to give
us this special gift! Already smiling at us, Yves Peney took my camera and shot this terrific
image of all of us. After all, not everyone can
say they have had their picture taken by a
King of France, once called "the spider"
!
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We said good-bye to Corinne Touzet and Fred Nony
and just then Marion Sarraut invited us to come
and have a glass of wine with her in a bar near by.
Happily we agreed and spent another
unforgettable moment with the woman we had
always in secret wished to meet one day in
person - to say thank you to her for bringing
alive our heroines like "Catherine, Marianne,
Fiora and Gilles!
Thank you again dear Madame Marion, you have
made two passionate girls very happy last
Saturday. We shall never forget what you did for
the fans of Juliette Benzoni's books. Without
you, those films would long be forgotten. Your
capacity to have chosen the right people for
each role is stunning! To be able to do that, it
needs a person with an empathetic heart,
something which is really rare in this world. We
send you our sincere and deep admiration and
hope to have the honor to meet you again one
day...we already enjoy our latest nickname
"warriors" tremendously, you
have given to us ...☺ |
