Who are you Marc LEVY, what is your job? The writer answers the questions of Bernard PIVOT by explaining his age and his profession, he runs an architecture firm. He had no intention of writing novels at 20. It was his son who decided to write "And if that were true," his first novel. He wanted to write a story for his son so he could read it in 20 years.
It is in New York that we cross the path of Marc LEVY; He leads us to the house of Giulia, one of his characters. He tells us: "Sometimes I get so close to my characters that I end up believing that they really exist. "He came many times to the bottom of this house when he was writing the novel and imagining his personnagen Giulia, his movements and his exits. It evokes the stage fright of the writer.
Marc LEVY is interviewed by Carole GAESSLER about the pressure felt after a best seller. It is a real concern of work and a questioning of all the parameters of the book, the way to write it, the way to tell.
Marc LEVY, head of Logitec, about the France-USA competition in the CGI market. His company made the bet to develop computers in Europe, to manufacture them and to conquer the European market and also the American market.
What a motivation Marc LEVY had for writing his first novel "Et si c'était vrai". Answering this question from Bernard PIVOT, he explains that he wrote this story for his son in the beginning by other than a lesson without it being a message. His sister read it and sent it to the publisher Robert LAFFONT. It was already a fairy tale that continued to become the event of the Frankfurt Fair. Suzanne ALI promoted this book and Steven SPIELBERG took over this story which became a film.
It is in Toulouse that we meet Marc LEVY in a bookshop during a signing session for his readers. The story of his novel "Les enfants de la liberté" evokes young adolescents in Toulouse during the Second World War, including his father. He met the children and grandchildren of the heroes of the novel, which is very moving. Readers evoke the pleasure experienced in reading the novels of the writer. One of them has all his books.