the singer talks about their relationship which ended badly

Who would’ve believed that ? Alain Souchon and Isabelle Adjani had a romance for some time, while they starred together in the film All fire all flames, by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, in 1981. But at the time, the singer was already married. The artist, now 79 years old, spoke about this story that he will never forget, in the new book by biographer Jean-Dominique Brierre, Alain Souchon: Life is theater and memories.

Alain Souchon: his “love at first sight” with Isabelle Adjani

When Alain Souchon met Isabelle Adjani in 1981, he was immediately seduced by her magnetism. The problem? The artist had already been married for ten years to Françoise, nicknamed Bélote, the mother of his sons Pierre and Charles, who were then young. At the time, Isabelle Adjani “was not yet the big star that she became” And “was building his career“. The singer, him, “liked his tormented side“and could not ignore that the actress was both”very, very beautiful and very, very complicated“.

Both actors experienced a real “thunderbolt“for each other, but don’t”didn’t want to admit it to themselves“. “At the beginning, we were in a relationship of seduction and frustration (…) We were very in love with each other.” confided the interpreter of Sentimental crowd in the book. Both ended up breaking down.

“She pissed me off”: why her story with Isabelle Adjani ended

But the inevitable happened: the former on-screen partners ended up going their separate ways. “It ended because, seeing that I was staying with my wife, she sent me to shit. I was very unhappy, but that was fine“. Ultimately, this lived romance will have been a “moment of storm“in the life of the singer, who regrets the harm that may have been caused.”In this story, three people suffered“, he lamented.

Despite this affair which could have precipitated the end of his relationship, Alain Souchon and his wife have never left each other for more than 50 years. However, even today, everything is not rosy between the spouses. In 2019, Laurent Voulzy’s friend confided to Femina Version : “It’s difficult at times, we get a little annoyed, but there are more important things for us. First of all, we have children who support us a lot, and grandsons. It’s amazing“.