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Actress Bérénice Bejo hails from

Argentina and loves the Hollywood

magic, but France feels like home

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Family ties

My family is from Argentina. So the way I was raised is very much

Argentinian - the door is always open with lots of people at home.

I have all my family over there: a sister, niece, nephews, grandmother,

uncles, cousins. Everyone's in Buenos Aires.

All American fun

My son loves Los Angeles. He saw the

Pixar movie Cars, so he's like, "Great, I'll

go to California like Flash McQueen!"

We don't have the beach in Paris,

so we try to make it exciting.

I know he'd love Disneyland.

The Search will be released later in the year

Vietnam victory

After Cannes, when I won Best Actress for

The Past, I took my two kids and went to

Vietnam while Michel [Hazanavicius, her

husband] went to Georgia to prepare for

The Search. My son, Lucien, called my prize

my gold feather. The Plume d'Or!

Travelling clan

Michel and I travel a lot. We put the

kids in the car and we move around

the country. We did Norway, Canada,

Argentina. We never really go back

to the same destination, but we

definitely want to go back to Norway.

Scottish charm

I've been travelling in Scotland a lot, hiking

in the Highlands. I love it. I did that 20 years

ago for the first time - and the weather was

perfect for one month.

French fromage

We moved to France when I was three. My

parents had to run from the dictator in Argentina

and they chose Paris because of the Eiffel Tower

and the cheese. No, that's not true! They wanted

to give my sister and me a better life.

Czech maid

My first American movie

was A Knight's Tale. I

was on holiday in Los

Angeles in 2000 and I

called a friend of mine,

who is a producer. He

said, 'You should meet

Brian Helgeland - he's

doing a movie in the

Czech Republic.' I did the

audition for the lead

role, but the studio said,

'We need an American

girl.' Brian said, 'I really

want you in my movie

- will you be the maid?'

LA woman

When we made The Artist, we shot in California. Being in

Hollywood with the cars, the drivers, you're just in the mood. I was

tap-dancing in my garage and always looking at the Hollywood

sign in the hills. I was in front of the Hollywood sign! It's inspiring.