Choncho, Josselyn Yvonne René Mercier ndi dzina lomweli Michelle (pseudonym )yu anabadwira m'banja la azamayi ndi wa ku Italy, anali mwana wamkulu kwambiri m'banja, ngakhale Joslin anali ndi mng'ono wake dzina lake Michel. Mercier anakulira m'banja lonse, koma osati banja losangalala kwambiri, mtsikanayo anali ndi khalidwe labwino, makolo ake sanamvetse ndipo adafuna chitonthozo kwa mng'ono wake ndi agogo ake aamuna.
Ali mwana, amapita ku sukulu ya ballet ndipo adapeza bwino kwambiri mmundawu, koma anakana kugonana kwa mita imodzi yotchuka, Michelle anayikidwa pamanyazi ndi ntchito yomwe ballerina anayenera kutero. Patapita nthaŵi, Mlongo Mercier anamwalira.
Tsiku lina, bambo ake a Michelle, katswiri wodziwika bwino komanso wamalonda, akufotokozera mtsogoleri wamkulu wa ku France kwa wotsogolera yemwe amachititsa mtsikanayo kujambula filimu yake.
Mpaka chaka cha 1963, adajambula mafilimu achi Italiya ndi Chingerezi ndipo adadziwika m'mayikowa, koma adadzidzimadzi yekha kunyumba. Mu 1963 adafunsidwa kuti azitha kugwira ntchito yolemba buku la Anna ndi Serge Golon "Angelica" ndipo amavomereza, kuyambira pamenepo wojambulayo padziko lonse amadziwika ndi udindo wa Angelica, ngakhale atatha kusewera mafilimu opitirira 50.
Koma kubwerera ku moyo wa Mercier, kotero, mtsikana wa zaka 19, ali pachibwenzi ndi mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka chimodzi ndipo kwa kanthawi amakhala pamodzi, koma mchitidwe wa mnyamatayo umamupangitsa kuti am'thawire ku Roma. Ngakhale kuti amakhumudwa kwambiri ndi maubwenzi amenewa, mtsikanayu akuyitana ndi kuyembekezera wokondedwa wake pano, ndipo pakalipano amauzidwa ndi Shah of Iran, komwe mfumu imamupempha kuti akwatirane naye, koma anakana.
Posakhalitsa Michelle pa filimu yotsatira amazindikira mwamuna wake woyamba, wachimerika, wachiwiri wothandizira wotsogolera Andre Smaggi. Anayamba kukonda naye m'makutu ndipo adadzipereka yekha. Banjali limangokwatirana, koma mwamuna wake amasiya mkazi wake chifukwa cha filimu ina ndikusiya miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.
Nthawi zonse samutcha mkazi wake wokongola, ndipo sakudziwa choti achite, chifukwa chakuti Michelle banja linali patsogolo, ndipo Andre poyamba ali ndi ntchito. Mkazi wachinyamata akuyamba kuchita mafilimu ndi kupeza ndalama zabwino, ndipo iye, nthawi ndi nthawi akuwombera kapena kuwombera ena, amadandaula kuti sakuzindikira, mphamvu zake sizinatchulidwe, ndipo ndithudi, Michel, monga mkazi wabwino amamulimbikitsa , ndipo amayamba kumwa.
Mercier ndi Smaggi amakhala mu nyimbo kwa nthawi yaitali, potsiriza amayamba kumuthandiza mwamuna wake komanso wojambula zithunzi akuganiza kuti ndi bwino kugawana ndi iye ndikupempha kuti athetse banja. Andre sankafuna kusiya mkazi amene anamusunga komanso kusudzulana kwake kwa zaka zingapo, wochita masewerowa anatsala opanda ndalama m'thumba mwake, chifukwa mwamuna wake adadwala ndi malamulo (adachiritsidwa kangapo kuchipatala cha matenda a maganizo) ndipo adamuthandiza nthawi zonse nyengo imakhala.
Atatha ora Mercier (adasewera mu "Angelica"), amakumana ndi mwamuna wake wachiwiri, wokwerapo Claude Buriyo. Iye ndi wotchuka racer, amadziwika ngati wojambula, koma sanafunse moyo wake ndipo patapita zaka 10 iye anasudzula mwamuna wake wachiwiri (1974). Claude anayamba kuchitira nsanje kupambana kwa Mercier.
Michelle ndi wotchuka, wodziwika, pakufuna, koma osasangalala. Ndipo tsopano, zikuwoneka, pamene moyo uli kale wopotoka ndi maukwati awiri osapambana ndipo iye wasiya kale kupeza iye yekha, chiwonongeko chimamupatsa iye wachitatu, ndithudi, mwamuna wamwamuna, Adrian, sakanatha kukwatira.
Andrian anali injiniya wochuluka ndipo anali wokhoza kusamala, kotero iye anagonjetsa mtima wa kukongola. Kuchokera m'banja lakumbuyo iye adali ndi ana awiri, omwe Michelle anakhala mayi weniweni.
Kuti awonongeke, wojambulayo amapita ku tchuthi ndipo kumeneko amakumana ndi Adrian, yemwe ali wovuta kumapeto kwa mkazi wake. Anakhala palimodzi pamodzi, ndipo atapita Mercier pamodzi ndi chikondi chake chatsopano ku Zurich nayamba kukhala naye. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo wakhala akudzipereka kwathunthu kwa banja latsopano ndipo wasiya kuwonekera m'mafilimu.
Iye ankamverera ngati mayi ndipo ankafuna kuti akhale iye, ngakhale osati kwa ana ake. Potsiriza nthawi yake yosangalatsa m'moyo yomwe idakhala zaka pafupifupi 14 yafika, iye amamukonda ndipo amamukonda, ali ndi zonse zofunika kuti asangalale. Adrian anamwalira ndi khansara ya ubongo, ndipo iye anafa mpaka atapuma.
Mphatso zake zonse, ndipo iyi ndi nyumba ndi magalimoto, apongozi ake akale amachotsa ndipo Michelle amakhala pamsana wosweka popanda ndalama ndi mtima wosweka komanso chofunika kwambiri - ana a amayi a Adrian adatsutsana ndi Mercier.
Patapita nthawi, amakumana ndi wokondedwa wake, yemwe amayamba kumusamalira ndipo, monga nthawi zonse, ali wolemera komanso wokongola, ndiwe wolamulira wa ku Italy yemwe ali ndi bambo wabwino. Michelle samamuyankha nthawi yomweyo, koma pamene avomereza, zimakhala zazing'ono - kusudzulana kwa mkazi wake wakale.
Mercier amasamukira ku Italy, akukhala m'nyumba ya wokondedwa wake, amamuyimira kuti ndi mkazi wake wamtsogolo pazochitika zamasewera ndipo zonse zikuwoneka zabwino. Koma nthawi ino panalibe mathero osangalatsa.
Mkupi wake sanathetse mkazi wake ndipo Mercier anabwerera ku Paris. Iye amayesera kuchita mafilimu, ngakhale amalonjeza ndalama zokwana mamiliyoni atatu mu bukhu losindikizira, koma ntchito zake zonse ndi zopanda pake, amawotcha ndi bizinesi ndi njira zina zothetsera mavuto, wotchuka wotchuka wa ku France amagulitsa madiresi a Angelica ndi zinthu zomwe anagula kale studio.
Mosasamala kanthu za moyo wake wonse, iye sanapunthwe ndikupitirizabe kukhala ndi moyo ndi kusangalala ndi moyo, ngakhale kuti pansi pake sakhala wosangalala, chifukwa moyo wake sunakumane ndi munthu yemwe angakhale wojambula angakhale mkazi ndi mayi wa ana ake.
