2023-10-17 10:00:00
Since taking a break from her acting career, Mariloup Wolfe has multiplied her projects behind the camera. She directed two films, Arlette and Cœur de slush, which she accompanied to festivals around the world, in addition to hosting the series Le grand move en America. She tells us regarding her professional and personal travels as well as her current happiness and her projects.
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In the last two years, Mariloup Wolfe has been very busy. She made two films (Arlette et Slush heart), which she then accompanied in festivals all over the world. She also hosted the series The big move in America and made several trips with his children. “I have never traveled so much, there have never been so many stamps on my passport. Travel is a priority for me right now.” The choice to put her acting career on hold to take the time to direct meant that all these travel opportunities presented themselves to her. “I have been working full-time as a director for several years. But travel is a bonus. We cannot predict that we will be selected by festivals. I see it as a gift. Each festival is something different, and it allows me to discover lots of places around the world. I feel very privileged by all of this.”
Seeing that the stories she has brought to life provoke the same reactions and the same emotions elsewhere in the world is a special feeling for the director. “This is where we realize that cinema is a universal art. Stories, with their values and emotions, are universal. In Coeur de slush, for example, we show a first love story, a first sexual relationship, the summer of his 16th birthday… Everyone has experienced this at some point, and everyone can relate to it. , it doesn’t matter if it’s different in his country. It’s amazing how people cry and laugh in the same places. It moves me to think that we made this film between us and that it evokes emotions in everyone, everywhere.”
TO CHANGE LIFE
Mariloup Wolfe did two seasons of the series Le grand move in Quebec, but, for the third time, she chose to meet families who wanted to settle elsewhere. She therefore traveled across America, from Costa Rica to California via Nicaragua and Western Canada. “It was really interesting, because people who decide to move elsewhere usually go to nice places. They do this to improve their quality of life, to be in nature or among magnificent landscapes. It allowed me to discover several places I had never been to.”
The challenge was to shoot thousands of kilometers away without having done any scouting. “The content producer spoke to families beforehand, asking them the places they frequent. So we made an itinerary, but when I got there, I had no idea what I was going to film. I had to be constantly alert to find a beautiful landscape, an original sign, a place where there are animals… But it allows me to walk and wander in certain places where I would never have gone if I had been a tourist. For the series, we are a small, tight-knit team made up of four people; it creates strong bonds.”
The director does not plan to move abroad, but she is using these trips for future vacations. “I’ve been going to Costa Rica several times, because I have a friend who lives there, and I have a little affection for the country. In the families I followed, I really liked the place of the one who moved to Nicaragua. I would happily return on vacation to his hotel. I had never been to Western Canada, but I found the Rockies magnificent. “By filming this series, it’s like I’m scouting for an upcoming family vacation.”
MOTHER AND SON
Mariloup Wolfe has also taken advantage of the last few months to make several trips with her children, Manoé, 13 years old, and Miro, 11 years old. “It’s very important for me to pass on to them the love of travel. My parents gave me the injection when I was their age, and it made me the traveler I am today. When I was nine years old, they took me backpacking to Morocco. It’s a bit like the same trip I took this summer with my children. We have often gone to all-inclusives, but here, I wanted them to be unsettled, to experience another culture, to smell other smells, to taste something else, to they see poverty, another style of life…”
The mother nevertheless had some fears before departure. “I am the only one traveling with them, and my fears mainly concern the small health problems that may arise. In the desert, one of my sons suffered heat stroke. I was in the middle of nowhere, and I was all alone making decisions for the family. In the souks, for example, I put AirTags on them (tracking devices) in the pockets. I also made them aware, without scaring them, by telling them that there are a lot of people. When we travel, we put ourselves at risk, and that’s also the pleasure of traveling.”
Their trip to Morocco went very well, although a month following their return, the region they visited was hit by a tragic earthquake. “I didn’t know what it was going to leave on them. But following the earthquake, I spoke to them regarding the news, without insisting too much so as not to scare them. My youngest was worried regarding what would have happened if it had happened when we were there.”
Earlier in the year, Mariloup also took a duo trip with her eldest son, Manoé. “He tells me that I make him travel too much, but I continue, because I tell myself that he will keep something from it. He would prefer to stay in his own business, but once there, he is a very pleasant traveler. His question is always whether there will be wifi, and we even had it in the desert, much to my despair.”
EXPERIENCED TRAVELER
With all this travel, Mariloup is now a well-organized traveler. “When I accompany a film to a festival, I am always afraid of being cold. Recently, I went to Germany, and my suitcase was full, because you need nice outfits, other more casual ones, coats… but, in the end, I had too much warm laundry. When I travel with the children, we take two suitcases and each person is responsible for their own backpack.
I give my children a lot of responsibility. They know what to do at customs. When we went to Paris, it was Manoé who managed the tickets for the metro. I also bought a paper map, so we had to look on the map to find the metro stations and streets. He learned to get by in Paris; he would even be able to go there alone.”
A TIME OF REVIEW
After working a lot in the last two years, Mariloup felt the need to take a break. “I have had projects in my computer for years and I want to develop them. It takes a long time to do and requires mental space. I need to recharge my batteries and finish what I started. I did a lot of things.” Several trips are nevertheless still on his agenda. “I will be at the Rouyn festival with Slush heart this month, then I will go to Estonia in November for a film festival. I’m also going back to the South with the children for the end of year holidays. I will get back to work depending on the projects, in the winter or spring of 2024.”
AN INVOLVED BUSINESSWOMAN
Since Mariloup Wolfe is not capable of doing nothing, she recently decided to go into business. It is a partner of the new Mondel training center, the cinema workshop, with Michel Trudel in particular. “We train technicians for cinema and television, whether they be stagehands, lighting designers, people for costumes, hairstyles… Our first session started this fall. I wanted to get involved for the next generation.” His idea was born during the filming of the film Arlette, in Quebec. “There was a labor shortage and I found myself with novices in important positions. I told myself that we had to train them.” The director is also a new partner of the wine bar Le Roseline, in Montreal. “The main owner is also an artistic director in cinema and television, he is a colleague of mine. After the pandemic, during which restaurants suffered greatly, he was looking for a partner, and he asked me to come on board with him. I never thought I would become a partner in a wine bar, but I love it.”
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