Dany Boon and Laurence Arné: unconfined love

The chosen one of his heart is called Laurence Arné. They met on the set of “Radin! in 2015 before falling in love. She has the valve in the blood. Him too. They started writing with four hands. Their lockdown-inspired comedy hits Netflix in October. Here they are ready to love each other in broad daylight.

At the start of summer, aboard the Parisian barge "Excellence", the cruise that has remained at the quay is having fun. The team of the film “A beautiful race”, by Christian Carion, is gathered to celebrate the end of filming and the 93rd birthday of Line Renaud. On a background of salsa, Antonio, magician and mentalist, ensures the show. It is the explosive gift of Dany Boon, always caring for his dear Line. After "La ch'tite famille", as you don't change a winning team, they still play together in this feature film. He plays a taxi driver, she plays a retiree who goes to nursing home, but their unexpected meeting turns everything upside down.

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Alongside Dany Boon sits the only guest not part of the cast: the discreet Laurence Arné. If the rapprochement between the actors had not escaped anyone, this is the first time that they appear officially. Dany and Laurence met in 2015. Both appeared in the credits of “Radin! », where Boon lent his features to François Gautier, a lying violinist who fell under the spell of the spellbinding Valérie, played by Laurence Arné. A semi-success compared to the most famous Ch'ti prize list in France. in the city, after four years of marriage with Judith Godrèche, the actor was then in a relationship with Yaël Harris. Twelve years earlier, she had left her native Switzerland to join him in Paris. From Los Angeles, where they lived for five years, to London, they juggled their careers and the education of their three children, Eytan, Elia and Sarah. Dany Boon, son of a Catholic mother and a Muslim father, had converted to Judaism to be able to marry his Yaël.

When her path crosses that of Dany, Laurence is living an idyll with Jérôme Duchamps, an advertiser with whom she had Raphaël in 2012. The couple, not inclined to the spotlight, coos each year in the stands of Roland -Garros. Until 2018, when the actress walks the aisles of the sporting event alone. Coincidence or not, behind the scenes, she has just reconnected professionally with Dany Boon. The director and actor wants her for his "Ch'tite famille". No discussion possible, it is she who will play his wife, a snobbish Parisian who contrasts with her colorful in-laws. During the interviews, complicit glances, giggles and a cover of "I have a problem", by Sylvie Vartan and Johnny, will be in order. The humor of Laurence, who began her career in the one-woman-show, would have conquered Dany.

Off camera, with Dany, Laurence tries out another register, the romantic comedy

Dancer by training and protected by Dominique Farrugia, the actress was discovered with “WorkinGirls”, on Canal+. She jumped from the boards to the TV sets, before tackling the seventh art with the grace of a ballerina. His game and his sharp mind were unanimous. The problem? She lacks a nose. The projects that seduce her are commercial failures. “Daddy Cool”, “Our Futures”, “Bowling”, did not move the crowds.

Off camera, with Dany, Laurence tries out another register, the romantic comedy: Dany and Laurence at the beach, Dany and Laurence in a sweater, Dany and Laurence at the restaurant… The fans wonder. On the side of the interested parties, total silence. Because the divorce of Boon (Yaël kept the name of her ex-husband) is, at this time, not yet pronounced. It will take three years of complex procedure, and several million euros out of the pocket of Dany Boon, to end their union. Without resentment. When Yaël lost his father, in 2019, the actor crashed the promotion of "Tindon" to run to comfort her.

The lovebirds, who already have six children between them, have nevertheless announced the birth of their first baby: a film

Last March, the mass is finally said and Dany Boon does not waste a minute to officially evoke the one who shares his life. It's on the radio that he spills the beans: “I was at home, with Laurence and the children…” Today, there is this first summer outing. No kiss in public, not even a knowing smile or a pat on the back: Dany Boon is more attentive to Line than to his fiancée. But the lovebirds, who already have six children between them, still announced the birth of their first baby: a film, of which they had the very original idea while they were locked up at home, like everyone else. , early 2020. Visible on Netflix on October 20, "8 rue de l'Humanité" will tell... the tribulations of Parisians confined to a building in the 11th arrondissement. An ambitious project for the duo, who decided to live happily without living in hiding.