Ngoko, uJosselyn Yvonne uRené Mercier ulingani igama elifanayo uMichelle (lo mbonakaliso) wazalwa kwintsapho yekhemistiya kunye nesiTaliyane, wayeyintombi engumntombi kwintsapho, noYoslin wayenodade omncinane ogama linguMichel. UMercier wakhulela kwintsapho epheleleyo, kodwa engonwabanga ngokwenene, intombazana yayinomntu ongenomdla, abazali bakhe abazange bayayiqonda kwaye wayefuna induduzo kumntakwabo omncinci nomkhulu wakhe.
Njengomntwana waya esikolweni se-ballet waza wafumana impumelelo ebalulekileyo kule ntsimi, kodwa wenqaba ukutshatyalaliswa komnye umthamo weematriki owaziwayo, uMichelle wabeka ihlazo kunye nomsebenzi webhola le-ballerina kwakufuneka athethe. Emva kwexesha, uDade Mercier wafa.
Ngelinye ilanga, uyise ka-Michelle, ochwepemistri owaziwayo kwaye ocebileyo, uzisa umdlali weFrentshi ozayo ozayo othabathe intombazana ukuba athabathe ifilimu yakhe.
Kuze kube ngowe-1963, wayenenkwenkwezi kwiifilimi zaseNtaliyane nezesiNgesi waza waziwa kula mazwe, kodwa engazizi ekhaya. Ngowe-1963 wacelwa ukuba adlale indima ebalulekileyo ekuqhelweni kwincwadi entsha ka-Anna noSerge Golon "u-Angelica" kwaye uyavuma, ukususela ngoko umdlali wehlabathi owaziwayo kuphela kwi-Angelica, nangona emva koko wadlala kumafilimu angaphezu kwama-50.
Kodwa ubuyela ebomini bomntu kaMercier, ngoko ke, intombazana engama-19 ubudala, uyamthanda nomntwana wakhe oneminyaka elilodwa kunye nexesha elifutshane bahlala kunye kunye, kodwa ukunyaniseka kwalowo mfana kwenza uMichelle abalekele kuye eRoma. Nangona kukho ukuphazamiseka kwezi ntsebenziswano, intombazana iyakumemela ize ikulindele umthandi wayo apha, kwaye okwangoku uyamenywa kubaphulaphuli ngu-Shah wase-Iran, apho inkosi yammema ukuba amtshatile, kodwa wayenqaba.
Kungekudala uMichelle ngethuba lokutshatyalaza elilandelayo uyazi umyeni wakhe wokuqala, umMerika, ongumsizi wesibini kumlawuli we-Andre Smaggi. Wathandana naye ezindlebeni waza wazinikela ngokupheleleyo. Esi sibini sitshatile, kodwa indoda yakhe ishiya umfazi ngenxa yenye ifilimu kwaye ihamba kwiinyanga ezintandathu.
Yonke ixesha engabibizi umfazi wakhe omhle, kwaye akakwazi ukuba yintoni ezayo, ngokuba uMichelle usapho wayephambili, kwaye u-Andre uqala umsebenzi. Umfazi omncinane uqala ukwenza iifilimu aze athole imali efanelekileyo, kwaye, ngokuza ngezihlandlo kunye nalawo okanye ukuthungula, ukhononda ukuba akaqondwanga, ubuchule bakhe abufunwanga, kwaye kunjalo, uMichel, njengowesifazane ohloniphekileyo uyamncoma , kwaye uqala ukusela.
UMercier noSmaggi bahlala kwisigqi esininzi ixesha, ekugqibeleni uqala ukuxhasa umyeni wakhe kunye nomdlali wezabelo uvela kwimbono yokuba kungcono ukuhlukana naye kunye nefayile yokuqhawula umtshato. U-Andre akazange afune ukuyeka umfazi owamgcina kunye nenkqubo yokuqhawula umtshato kwaphela iminyaka emininzi, umdlali we-actress washiywa engenalo ipenki ephaketheni lakhe, kuba umyeni wakhe wayegula ngemithetho (wayiphathwe amaxesha amaninzi kwisibhedlele sengqondo) kwaye wayenayo yonke le nto ixesha liqulethe.
Emva kweyure kufika uMercier (wadlala ngo "Angelica"), udibana nomyeni wakhe wesibini, umkhwele uClaude Buriyo. U-racer owaziwayo, uyaziwa njengomdlali weqonga, kodwa akazange abuze ubomi bakhe kwaye emva kweminyaka eyi-10 waqhawula umyeni wakhe wesibini (1974). UClaude waqala ukumona umphumo weMercier.
U-Michelle uyathandwa, eyaziwayo, kwiimfuneko, kodwa akayivuyo. Kwaye ngoku, kubonakala ngathi, xa ubomi sele sele bephosakele kunye nemitshato emibili engaphumelelanga kwaye sele sele ephazamisekile yokufumana enye yodwa, isithuba sakhe sibonisa umntu wesithathu, ngokwenene, indoda yomntu, u-Adrian, abazange bakwazi ukutshata.
UAndrian wayeyinjini eyityebi kwaye wayenako ukunyamekela, ngoko wayinqoba intliziyo yobuhle. Ukususela kumtshato odlulileyo wayenabantwana ababini, uMichelle waba ngumama wangempela.
Ukungahlambululi, umdlali weqonga uhamba eholide kwaye apho udibana no-Adrian, onzima ekupheleni komkakhe. Bachitha bonke abanye, kwaye emva kokuba uMercier ehamba kunye nothando lwakhe olutsha eZurich waza wahlala naye. Ukususela kuloo mzuzu uye wazinikela ngokupheleleyo kwintsapho entsha kwaye uyeka ukubonakala kwiifilimu.
Waziva njengomama kwaye wayefuna ukuba ngowona, kungekhona kubantwana bakhe. Ekugqibeleni ixesha lakhe elonwabileyo lobomi obuneminyaka engama-14 lifikile, uyathandwa kwaye uyamthanda, unayo yonke into eyimfuneko yokonwaba. U-Adrian wabulawa ngumhlaza wengqondo, waza wada wada waphila.
Zonke izipho zakhe, kwaye eli likhaya kunye neemoto, umama wakhe owayengumkhwekazi uthatha kwaye uMichelle uhlala esityeni esiphukileyo ngaphandle kwemali enentliziyo ephukileyo kwaye kubaluleke kakhulu - abantwana baka-Adrian unina bamelana noMercier.
Emva kwexesha, udibana nommangali wakhe, oqala ukumnyamekela kwaye, njengokuba esoloko, ucebile kwaye untle, ungumongameli waseNtaliyane onesizalo esilungileyo. U-Michelle akasaphenduli ngokukhawuleza kuye, kodwa xa evuma, uhlala esincinane-ukuqhawula umtshato kumfazi wakhe wangaphambili.
UMercier uhamba waya e-Italy, uhlala endlwini yakhe yokumthanda, ummela ngokusemthethweni njengomfazi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo kwimicimbi yentlalontle kwaye yonke into ibonakala ingcono. Kodwa ngeli xesha kwakungekho siphelo esinokuzonwabisa.
Umva wakhe ekugqibeleni akazange amlahle umkakhe noMercier babuyele eParis. Uzama ukwenza amafilimu, aze athengise i-euro yezigidi ezi-3 kwiincwadi zokushicilela, kodwa zonke izigqibo zakhe ziyize, uyatshisa ngezoshishino aze aphelise imiphefumlo, umdlali ongumdatshi waseFransi uthengisa iingubo zika-Angelica kunye nezinto azithengayo studio.
Ngaphandle kwayo yonke into yokuphila kunye neentsikelelo, akazange aphule kwaye aqhubeke ephila kwaye onwabele ubomi, nangona unzulu ophantsi, akanakonwaba, kuba ubomi bakhe abuzange budibane nomntu onokuba ngumdlali we-actress angaba ngumfazi nonina wabantwana bakhe.
