Vincent Lindon makes strong confidences during the Turin festival

“I’m a human being: I’m weak. These films force me to be stronger, if only a little.”

More sincere and transparent than ever.

After agreeing to indulge in an intimate self-portrait as rarely Vincent Lindon, Bloody Heart — broadcast on ARTE last February — showing a man torn, vulnerable, prey to his doubts, his resentments and his contradictions, Vincent Lindon once again explained his way of seeing things, his job and people, during the Turin film festival.

He who often plays generous and altruistic characters on screen believes that these characters are more virtuous than him.

“When I was filming Welcome (2009), there were people in the street shaking my hand saying, ‘Thank you so much for what you’re doing for migrants. Really, Mr. Lindon, well done.’ And I said, ‘Thank you, but it’s not me.'”

Same story about The law of the market (2015): “They confuse what I do in films with who I am in real life. My little merit is simply to continue making them. I could have made bigger films, made more money and taken fewer risks.”

Then the actor talks about what these roles have changed in him: “I can’t talk badly to those who serve me in restaurants. I can’t go on vacation to Saint-Tropez or drive around in a convertible. I have to behave like my characters, because there’s nothing worse than making people believe in something and being the opposite in real life.”

And he does not spare the world of stars who preach morals while doing the opposite:

“Celebrities like to preach, and yet they still fly private jets and eat in palaces. To each their own, but don’t talk to me about CO₂ pollution…”

And to conclude, honestly:

“I’m a human being: I’m weak. These films force me to be stronger, if only a little.”

In Turin, Vincent Lindon came to present A Good Little Soldiera new collaboration with committed director Stéphane Brizé. he described this role as “one of my favorite films, made with my favorite director.” The trade unionist he plays this time is ready to lose everything to defend a cause: “We often say, ‘I would give anything to make things better,’ but we don’t really mean it. He doesn’t keep anything to himself.”

A Good Little Soldier does not yet have a release date.