World War I, that tiresome European engagement that threatened to close down French couture.

I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.

I have a very close relationship with my parents.

If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.

Writing a novel about World War II and the French Resistance was a challenge both sobering and thrilling.

Romanians are culturally European, very close to the French. Socially, they are now building a society that is emotionally closer to the Balkans, Turkey and Greece.