eva ionesco

eva ionesco

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
photography by BRETT LLOYD

at age five, she became the muse of her infamous mother.
at 11 she made her film debut in roman polanski’s
classic “the tenant” and posed for italian “playboy,”
at 13 she became queen of the paris nightlife scene

her films and books are a dive into her unique life
and a glamorous image of paris, and now her son,
lukas, is releasing his first album

OLIVIER ZAHM — How did you write the screenplay for your new film, Une Jeunesse Dorée [A Golden Youth]? Was it after your romantic encounter with the writer Simon Liberati?
EVA IONESCO — I had written a first version of the film, which I had in mind would be about the days of Le Palace. But at that time, I still didn’t know if it was going to be an autobiography or not….