On the contrary, my pseudo-success leads us to think there are actually doors to be opened. And the people would say, ‘You see, it’s possible!’ And then this becomes an illusion. “I’m like a farmgirl who gets to marry a prince.
“I think I’m a bad example,” Kechiche told THR. He then chastized Seydoux’s roots - saying she hails from a clan of media moguls and business tycoons - and suggested she might be manipulated by people in segments of the conservative French press. The issue has been a key theme in recent months as the director became embroiled in a verbal feud with his Blue star Seydoux, after the actress described the film’s shoot as “horrible” and the Kechiche as a bully. In the briefing, he said his life as a cineaste has revolved around finding a way to open doors closed to him “because of his social class” - a sentiment he brought to the screen with characters trying to take up theater, bohemianism and entrepreneurship to break away from their working-class roots. Kechiche’s comment came after one that he made at a press conference at a hotel in Hong Kong marking his film’s screening at the city’s French Cinepanorama film festival. In Blue, working-class Adele (played by newcomer Adele Exarchopoulos) makes desperate attempts to adapt to the milieu of her cultured, middle-class artist girlfriend, Emma (Seydoux).Īsked whether Exarchopoulos was also part of such class dynamics while working very closely with Seydoux for months, Kechiche told THR : “If I were to respond to this, I’d be very nasty.” He added: “And actually, Lea has not had experience as an actress.