His sister Adèle Exarchopoulos, his blood brother Olivier Nakache… And a complete row of friends: François Civil, Mélanie Laurent, Hasfia Herzi, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Eye Haïdara… Faced with the emotional looks of his loved ones who applaud him for a long time, at the end of the Cannes screening of If you think welllast Saturday 16th, Géraldine Nakache collapsed. Upset and moving director who has just unveiled her film in a world premiere.
Schneider parents moved to tears in Cannes
In this stirring drama about marital influence, Monia Chokri impresses with her naturalness, the accuracy of her acting as close as possible to the reality of the victims, while Niels Schneider and the sneaky violence of his character terrify us.
The actor, omnipresent on the Croisette with three films in selection this year, can also count on the encouraging presence of his loved ones. Glimpses of the Debussy room that evening: the youngest of the talented siblings, Vassili, and their parents.
“My father called me again earlier and he was in tears. The film upset him. My mother was also crying after the screening,” confides Niels Schneider to Marie Claire, throat tight. He pauses, then lets out a touching laugh: “So, it moves me.”
Our parents don’t want to miss anything about our journey but are fair enough. They’re not fans at all.
“All my brothers and I were very lucky to be so supported by our parents who don’t want to miss anything in our journey. They can sometimes be so harsh when they don’t like something, specifies the actor. They are quite fair. They are not fans at all.”
Playing 82 times in the theater in front of his father
Marie Claire had also spotted Jean-Paul Schneider, former actor, classical dancer and director, last June, under the rose window of the Théâtre Antoine in Paris, where his “youngest” performed the powerful story for the umpteenth time on stage. Next time you bite the dust of Panayotis Pascot.
In his speech at the Molières 2025, where he was crownedA male revelation for this total and breathtaking performance – his very first role in the theater – Vassili Schneider had alsoto thank this father who was “particularly present” at his side, who came to support him at 48 of the first 62 sold-out performances.
“When I played Roméo et Juliette at the theater, he also came to see me, 82 times, remembers Niels Schneider. “And every day, I had notes: ‘There, you were rubbish’, ‘There, speed up, because it’s slow, we’re boring!’, he imitates her, amused. Amused and grateful.
