Adieu Romy by Violaine de Montclos

 I hadn't never read before a book on Romy Schneider although she is one of my favorite actresses. I remember her for Sissi, I guess like everyone else, but I had really enjoyed seeing some characteristics old-fashioned movies on her State. 

So, with great joy I received the book Adieu Romy

by Violaine de Montclos. 

Written wonderfully well, and without to forget any details, the life of Romy Schneider will continuously be intersected with that day 29 may 1982: the day in which Romy was found dead at home.

Romy was a dreaming personality and a special character under many reasons. She could appear extremely sophisticated or also comical when she put on too much make-up on her face. Pretty childish, she didn't have any pale idea of many aspects of the existence. When she didn't work, she loved spending time at bed, with wagons of magazines, books, cups of teas. She loved writing letters: not just them of course. She was an addicted in senging postcards, writing down recipes and whatever you can think you can do with manual writing.  She adored to keep a special correspondence with every collaborator, and she passionately wrote with the same intensity to her dear ones, and co-workers of movies. People, who, sometimes didn't know her well. 

Simply, she loved to taking good care of everyone. 

She loved to be surrounded by people she trusted and was affectionated at, like with Mo, a costume designer with a story behind, incredible. She worked in a circus, but then she fell and she couldn't work anymore there: later she learned the work of costume designer, and she became one of the most researched one. Romy simply adored her and like for her makeup artist, known in a production, she will desire to continue the collaboration...Simply, forever.

Romy didn't have any pale idea of her personal financial situation: she divorced two times but never asked too much about what was going on. Recently there were financial problems, although the biggest problem in her existence was the horrible tragedy that touched her beloved son David. She survived just few months: in the while people noticed Romy suffering of a severe lack of sleeping: a peaceless woman, who day every day was more pale, desperate.

The day of the tragedy, Alain Delon stopping by at the house of Romy, he was at long companion of Schneider, put a lot of disorder. The mother of the actress organized the funeral.

What remains of Romy?

That sweet eyes, with an intensity that was disarming and at the same time so sweet and a character, difficult, childish, but also unforgettable, like her movies are and will be. Forever.

A great, good and felt book, where the author participated emotively at the process of writing on Romy.

Highly recommended-

I thank Grasset for the physical copy of the book.

Anna Maria Polidori