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Sophie Marceau looks back on her relationship with Andrzej Żuławski
Sophie Marceau’s memoir Warszawa revisits her relationship with filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski, who died in 2016.
The French actor says the relationship was difficult, but Żuławski helped shape her thinking and outlook.
They began their relationship in 1984, when Marceau was 17, and had a son, Vincent, in 1995; they separated in 2001.
Marceau first saw Warsaw in 1986, when Poland was under communist rule.
She remembers the city as bleak, but says the resistance of people living there changed how she saw it.
Her memoir was published on October 29, 2026, and recounts the relationship and her experiences in Poland.
Sophie Marceau’s book Warszawa looks back on her relationship with Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski.
Marceau described the relationship as tumultuous but enriching and said Żuławski helped shape who she became.
The relationship began in 1984, when Marceau was 17, and the couple had a son, Vincent, in 1995.
Marceau also recounts discovering Warsaw in 1986, when Poland was under communist rule.
The book was published by Seghers on 29 October 2026.
- Who
- Sophie Marceau and filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski.
- What
- Marceau’s book Warszawa looks back on their relationship and her experience of Warsaw.
- When
- Their relationship began in 1984 and they separated in 2001. The book was published on 29 October 2026.
- Where
- The relationship included time in Poland, including Warsaw, which Marceau visited in 1986.
- Why
- Marceau recounts the relationship and her experiences in Warszawa; a more specific reason is not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Marceau and Żuławski’s relationship began when she was 17.
Marceau discovered Warsaw, then under communist rule.
Marceau and Żuławski’s son, Vincent, was born.
The couple separated.
Żuławski died.
Marceau’s book Warszawa was published by Seghers.
- Book
- Warszawa
- Publisher
- Seghers
- Publication date
- 29 October 2026
- Relationship began
- 1984
- Son
- Vincent, born in 1995
- Separation
- 2001
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I have ten thousand reasons to resent him (...) but he allowed me to be who I am today
I needed a framework and he gave it to me
It was dark, sad, dirty. There was no color, there was no light; I really have the vision of a flat, dead city
I thought I would spend the afternoon there; I stayed 17 years