Isabelle Carré lives in Paris during the year, but whenever she can, she goes to recharge her batteries in her pied-à-terre, which is located in this corner of France that she particularly appreciates.
Isabelle Carré, who is starring in the play A step aside with Bernard Campan broadcast this Tuesday, May 5 on France 3, knows where to recharge her batteries when she leaves the boards and film sets. But where is the 54-year-old actress’ house?
Isabelle Carré, “hermit”: this wild place where she has a second home
About fifteen years ago, the actress set her sights on a beautiful house on the Basque coast, a wild corner lulled by the waves of the Atlantic Ocean and bordered by cork oaks and beeches. Where exactly? In Saint-Jean-de-Luz. A home for which she had “love at first sight“, according to his confidences in Parisian weekend. The native of the 12th arrondissement of Paris quickly took a liking to this corner of France.
“This region has a real identity through its architecture, its language, its colors and its unique traditions in the world. I have a pied-à-terre there – my refuge – where I regularly escape with my family.”explained the one who has a son aged 18 and two daughters aged 16 and 14, born from her former love with the film producer Bruno Pésery.
When she is in this corner of France, Isabelle Carré does not venture to distant places: “As I don’t drive, we never go far for walks inland or on the beach“Sometimes, she even enjoys staying locked up at home for long days, so much so that some of those close to her call her “the hermit“.
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It is thanks to her ex-husband Bruno Pésery that the actress Remembering the beautiful things discovered Saint-Jean-de-Luz and its surroundings, a place today so dear to his heart. Since then, she goes there whenever her schedule allows, during the summer or throughout the year. “When you live in Paris, you need to find your oasis, a less oppressive place. For us, it’s here. It’s becoming the family home we didn’t have“, she explained to South West.
Seduced by the “colors” And “the singularity“from this place, she is also delighted to be between mountains and sea.”In Saint-Jean-de-Luz, we have both the pleasure of contemplating the Rhune and the sea. We don’t have to choose. I also love the green side of this country“, she detailed in Femina version. Her house also has a red facade: a very important detail for Isabelle Carré. And to explain: “Red touches me. It’s linked to a very strong memory, because I was raised in a house that was entirely painted red and brown.“.
