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40 || FASHION MAGAZINE || APRIL 2015FMM: Do you feel that you are more challenged being behind the camera, directing or when you are acting? EA: Both are challenging; it depends on so many things. It%u2019s true that directing involves many more aspects of a movie compared to acting. You have to create a whole vision of the movie, not just the emotions or the character. Visually you have to convey your idea of the story, but also all the choices that you make will become the director%u2019s right or wrong choice. When you act, you only care about acting, and it%u2019s not your fault if the movie will look bad. It%u2019s true though that good acting can make a movie beautiful even if it%u2019s not; so you see, both are challenging in their own way.FMM: Where did the idea for your second short film, %u201cMadame and Monsieur%u201d come from?EA: I don%u2019t know exactly. I guess I just wanted to tell a story based on the feeling of solitude after a life spent with an important love. I used inspirations from my family, and I put in some of my own emotions. In fact it%u2019s a very personal story, but I only found that out after I saw it a few times. Before I thought that it was just an idea of a story, now I know that it%u2019s something that I have deep inside my body.FMM: What was it like for your film %u201cBlack Coffee Girl%u201d to be shown at the prestigious Chiostro del Bramante? How did you feel? EA: Amazing, because I had the curator of the exhibition tell me that he had never seen something like that before. It%u2019s experimental video art, but it gives you strange feelings...uncomfortable ones. I was very happy to have this chance.FMM: Favorite hobby and favorite food?EA: I like chocolates and patisserie. My favorite hobby is watching movies, obviously. FMM: You originally studied fashion design and drawing-Do you have any desire to design or work in fashion in the future? Are you a fashionista? EA: Yes, I would like to design a bag collection. I already have an idea, but you know it needs time. Right now I%u2019m focusing on other things, but I will certainly try later. When I was a teenager, my dream was to become the artistic director of a Maison de mode; now I%u2019m directing and creating the artistic direction of my films, choosing all the costumes, mixing them, and creating the looks of the actors. So it%u2019s not that far off from my old dreams. I%u2019m not a fashionista; I%u2019ve never been, but I have a lot of clothes. I don%u2019t care if they%u2019re the right colors of the season, shapes or brands, but I put on what I like on my body. FMM: You said your inspiration for your first short came from an Edgar Allen Poe novel-What else do you like to read?EA: Yes, I like horrors and thrillers, psychological ones especially. I also like to read poetry, and my favorite poet is Paul Eluard. I only read >>>