A book of poetry written by actress Sophie Marceau has just been released 27 years after a first book entitled “Menteuse”.

The favorite female personality of the French

Sophie Marceau in the series “I love America”

We know her as an actress, screenwriter, director. 27 years after her first novel, Menteuse (Stock editions), here she is returning to writing, with this collection of 13 short stories accompanied by seven poems. Going from comedy to auteur films, sometimes defying the spotlight, sometimes forcing herself to disappear, Sophie Marceau, longtime favorite female personality of the French, unforgettable Vic from “La boum”, likes to cover her tracks, keep a part of shadow. Perhaps, to find out more, it is necessary to draw on the side of his – rare – writings. After “Menteuse” in 1996, presented as “semi-autobiographical”, she now signs “La souterraine“, a collection of 13 short stories and seven poems.

Thirteen stories and seven poems

The thirteen stories and seven poems that make up this book respond to and complement each other : from one setting to another (cinema sets, kindergartens, luxury hotels or wastelands), the heroines (girls, young women, lovers or lovers, mothers or grandmothers) each embody in their own way the fate of being a woman, whether it is expressed by a body, a role, a heritage.
Throughout the stories, fables, fragments of life, poems, it is always a question of revealing a mystery, a secret, the underground part… The words insinuate themselves as it should to touch what there is to touch, and say what there is to say. With finesse and intensity. And it is a pleasure to dive into these texts – overflowing with imagination, fantasy, often swinging from the most accurate observation to unpredictable humor.