Géraldine Nakache on Growing Up Beyond the Paris Périphérique

In Le Monde's weekly interview series « Je ne serais pas arrivée là si… », in which a public figure is questioned about a decisive moment in their life, actress and director Géraldine Nakache discusses her adolescence in the Paris suburbs. Nakache, who was born on the far side of the capital's ring road, describes the formative sense of living « à dix minutes de la vie » — ten minutes from life itself. That impression, she says, shaped her teenage years and gave her the desire to pursue her path. The conversation traces how this suburban upbringing became a turning point in her personal and professional trajectory. The interview was published by Le Monde on October 18, 2026.