Ngakho, uJosselyn Yvonne uRené Mercier igama elifanayo uMichelle (lo mqondo oyimfihlakalo) wazalwa emndenini wesokhemisi nomunye wase-Italy, wayengumfana endala emndenini, ngisho noJoslin unodade osemusha ogama lakhe linguMichel. UMercier wakhulela emndenini ogcwele, kodwa hhayi ngokujabula kakhulu, intombazane yayinomuntu onomusa, abazali bakhe abazange baqonde futhi wafuna induduzo kudadewabo omncane nomkhulu wakhe.
Ngesikhathi esemncane waya esikoleni se-ballet futhi wazuza impumelelo ephawulekayo kule nsimu, kodwa wenqabe ukuhanjiswa komunye wamamitha athandwayo odumile, uMichelle wabeka inhlamba futhi ngebhayisikili ibhola le-ballerina lalifanele lisho. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uDade Mercier wafa.
Ngelinye ilanga, uyise kaMichelle, osomakhemikhali owaziwa futhi ocebile, wethula umdlali weFrance ozayo ozokwenza umculi othatha le ntombazane ukuba aqoshwe efilimu yakhe.
Kuze kube ngo-1963, waqala ukudlala amafilimu ase-Italy naseNgilandi futhi waziwa kula mazwe, kodwa akazazi yena ekhaya. Ngo-1963 wacelwa ukuba adlale indima enkulu ekuzivumelaneni neveli ka-Anna no-Serge Golon "u-Angelica" futhi uyavuma, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umdlali wezandla emhlabeni waziwa kuphela ngendima ka-Angelica, nakuba ngemuva kwalokho wadlala kumafilimu angaphezu kuka-50.
Kodwa emuva empilweni yomuntu kaMercier, ngakho-ke, intombazane eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala, uthandana nomntwana wakhe oneminyaka eyodwa ubudala futhi isikhathi esifushane bahlala ndawonye, kodwa ukuzimisela kwaleyo nsizwa kwenza uMichelle abalekele kuye eRoma. Naphezu kokukhathazeka okunye kulezi zinsuku, intombazane isamemeza futhi ilinde umthandi wayo lapha, futhi okwamanje imenyiwe ezilalelweni ngu-Shah of Iran, lapho inkosi ikummema ukuba ashade naye, kodwa wenqaba.
Ngokushesha uMichelle ngesikhathi eqoshwa ngokulandela umama wakhe wokuqala, uMelika, ongumsizi wesibili kumqondisi u-Andre Smaggi. Wathandana naye ezindlebeni futhi wazinikela ngokuphelele. Lo mbhangqwana ushada ngokushesha, kodwa umyeni wakhe ushiya umkakhe ngenxa yenye ifilimu futhi ushiya izinyanga eziyisithupha.
Ngaso sonke isikhathi angabizi umkakhe omuhle, futhi akazi ukuthi yini okumelwe ayenze ngokulandelayo, ngoba uMichelle umndeni wayesekuqaleni, futhi u-Andre kuqala unomsebenzi. Lo mfana osemusha uqala ukwenza amafilimu futhi athole imali ehloniphekile, futhi yena, ngokuza ngezikhathi ezithile nalabo noma abanye abadubulayo, ukhononda ukuthi akaqondwa, ubuciko bakhe abukwenziwanga, kanti futhi, uMichel, njengowesifazane ohloniphekile uyamncenga , futhi uqala ukuphuza.
UMercier noSmaggi baphila isikhathi eside kangaka, ekugcineni uqala ukusekela umyeni wakhe kanye nomdlali we-actress uya embonweni ukuthi kungcono ukuhlukana naye kanye nefayili yesehlukaniso. U-Andre wayengafuni ukuyeka owesifazane owayemgcinele nenqubo yesehlukaniso iminyaka eminingi, umlingisi washiya ngaphandle kwephoyinti ephaketheni lakhe, ngoba umyeni wakhe wayegula ngemithetho (waphathwa izikhathi eziningana esibhedlela sengqondo) futhi waba naye phakathi nakho konke lokhu inkathi iqukethe.
Ngemuva kwehora kufika uMercier (wadlala "Angelica"), uhlangana nomyeni wakhe wesibili, umgibeli uClaude Buriyo. Ungumdlali odumile, uyaziwa njengomdlali we-actress, kodwa akazange abuze impilo yakhe futhi emva kweminyaka eyishumi wahlukanisa nomyeni wakhe wesibili (1974). UClaude waqala ukuhawukela impumelelo kaMercier.
UMichelle uyathandwa, owaziwayo, ngokufunwa, kodwa akajabuli. Futhi manje, kubonakala sengathi, lapho impilo isivele iphikisana nemishado emibili engaphumelelanga futhi isivele ikhathazekile ngokumtholela eyodwa kuphela, isiphetho simnikeza owesithathu, empeleni, umyeni womphakathi, u-Adrian, abazange baphathe ukushada.
U-Andrian wayengunjiniyela ocebile futhi wakwazi ukunakekela, ngakho wanqoba inhliziyo yobuhle. Kusukela emshadweni odlule wayenezingane ezimbili, uMichelle owaba ngumama wangempela.
Ukuze aphumule, umdlali wesifazane uhamba eholidini futhi lapho uhlangana no-Adrian, onzima ekupheleni komkakhe. Bachitha bonke abanye ndawonye, futhi ngemva kokuba uMercier athuthele uthando lwakhe olusha eZurich futhi waqala ukuhlala naye. Kusukela ngalolo mzuzu uye wazinikela ngokuphelele emndenini omusha futhi uyeka ukuvela kumafilimu.
Wazizwa njengomama futhi wayefuna ukuba nguye, ngisho nangenxa yezingane zakhe. Ekugcineni isikhathi sakhe esijabulisayo empilweni esalele iminyaka engaba ngu-14 sesifikile, uyathandwa futhi uyathanda, unakho konke okudingekayo ngenjabulo. U-Adrian wabulawa ngumdlavuza webuchopho, waze waze waphefumula.
Zonke izipho zakhe, futhi lokhu yikhaya nemoto, umama wakhe wangaphambili uthatha futhi uMichelle uhlala emgodini ophukile ngaphandle kwemali enenhliziyo ephukile futhi okubaluleke kakhulu - izingane zikaMama zika-Adrian zibhekise kuMercier.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uhlangana nommangaleli wakhe, oqala ukumnakekela futhi, njengalokhu ehlala njalo, ecebile futhi enhle, ungumbusi waseNtaliyane onesizungu. UMichelle akasaphenduli masinyane kuye, kepha uma evuma, uhlala omncane - ukuhlukanisa nomfazi wakhe odlule.
UMercier uhamba waya e-Italy, uhlala endlini yomuntu omthandayo, ummelela ngokomthetho njengowesifazane wakhe wesikhathi esizayo ezenzakalweni zenhlalo futhi konke kubonakala kukuhle kakhulu. Kodwa lesi sikhathi kwakungekho ukuphela okujabulisayo.
Ekugcineni umshayeli wakhe akazange ahlukanise nomkakhe noMercier babuyele eParis. Uzama ukwenza amafilimu, aze athengise ama-euro ayizigidi ezintathu encwadini yokushicilela, kodwa zonke izenzo zakhe aziyize, uphonse ngebhizinisi futhi ngandlela-thile aziphelise, umdlali odumile waseFrance uthengisa izingubo zika-Angelica nezesekeli ayewake wathenga studio.
Naphezu kwazo zonke izinto zokuphila nokuhlaselwa, akazange aphule futhi aqhubeke ephila futhi ajabulele ukuphila, nakuba ejulile engathokozi, ngoba impilo yakhe ayizange ihlangane nendoda engaba ngumdlali wezemidlalo engaba ngumfazi nonina wezingane zakhe.
