UBrigitte Bardot, udliwanondlebe lwakhe lwehlelo: “Ngenxa yam, iSaint-Tropez iye yaba ngumbhiyozo wabakhenkethi, indibanisela yeenkwenkwezi, oosozigidi bezigidi, abakhenkethi…”
Ngalo Mgqibelo, nge-28 kaSeptemba, uBrigitte Bardot ubhiyozela iminyaka engama-90 yokuzalwa kwakhe. I icon yokwenyani yesiFrentshi, "BB" ayinakwahlulwa kwiSaint-Tropez. Ngaphandle kwakhe, le lali ngekhe ibe nodumo olubi namhlanje kwihlabathi liphela. Nangona kunjalo, uBrigitte Bardot akayithandi into eyenziwa yi-Var commune. Njengoko kungqinwa kolu dliwano-ndlebe awasinika lona ngo-1992 kwinkupho yokuqalaumhlangano. Udliwanondlebe lwehlelo ebesifuna ukuba (uphinde) ulufumane ukubhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa lwale icon yaseFransi, inqabile kakhulu kumajelo eendaba...
Udliwanondlebe: Umele ntoni uSaint-Tropez kuwe?
BURigitte Bardot: Izibuko elincinane lasekhaya. Ilali yokuloba, indawo entle yokuhlala. Namhlanje, ngenxa yempazamo yam, iSaint-Tropez iye yaba ngumbhiyozo wabakhenkethi, indibaniselwano yeenkwenkwezi, oosozigidi bezigidi, abakhenkethi, abanye banyathela abanye, yonke into eyenziwayo ukubamba imali eninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka - ukoyikeka! Kodwa iingcambu zam ezinzulu zibambelele apho. Kunzima ukubona oko sikuthandayo ukuwohloka, kodwa sizama ukulondoloza amabala enyaniso.
Phezu kwayo nje yonke into, ngaba usaqhubeka uhlala apho?
Ndihlala khona kuba ndinengcambu zam apho. Abazali bam bangcwatyelwe khona, oomakhulu noomakhulu bam. ILa Madrague, ngoku eyesiseko sam, yayiyiminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesihlanu likhaya lobomi bam, leeholide zam, leentanda zam, leembandezelo zam.
Yayinjani iSaint-Tropez owawuyazi ukuba injani?
Yayiyinyaniso, izolile, inomtsalane ngomtsalane wayo, abalobi bayo, abemi bayo, abarhwebi bayo “ngendlela” yokuthetha. Yonke loo nto ayisekho. Intetho yelizwe yaba yiParisian, i-pied-noir, isiNgesi.
Uhlala usembindini wamaqela kunye noSagan, Vadim, Barclay, njl. Ngaba awunaxanduva lodumo lwehlabathi lonke lukaSaint-Tropez?
Ukuba ndinoxanduva ngoko, kuchasene nentando yam. Ndazama kangangoko ndinako kwisitayile endisithandayo, hayi yinkwenkwezi yezangqa ezibini kodwa ezele joie de vivre, ndonwabela olu lwandle lumangalisayo olungangcoliswanga ngelo xesha, ndihlala endle, ndifunda ukutya kweProvençal, ukutyibiliza emanzini, ukutyibiliza emanzini. ukuntywila, ukudlala isiginkci… Izinto ezilula ezingakhathazi mntu. Ngokuphathelele uVadim, uBarclay kunye nenkampani, ukuqhawula umtshato omnye kunye nokungahambelani okuthile kobomi kunye nomnye kwakuthetha ukuba babekude emva kwam.
Indlu yakho yokugqibela, iLa Garrigue, ifihlakele ngakumbi kuneyokuqala. Kutheni izindlu ezimbini?
ICadet Roussel yayinezindlu ezintathu, ezazingenayo imiqadi okanye ziplanga! Akukho mthetho endiwaziyo othi akunamizi mibini. ILa Madrague ngoku ikwisiseko. Yaba yi "Arc de Triomphe" yaseSaint-Tropez. Imini nobusuku, iibhasi kunye nezikhephe zibonelela ngokhenketho ngeelwimi ezintlanu: isiFrentshi, isiJamani, iSpanish, isiTaliyane kunye nesiNgesi. Kwaye ndifuna uxolo.
Ucinga ntoni ngamagcisa ahlala eSaint-Tropez namhlanje?
Andicingi nto ngayo, andikhathali.
Kwaye ucinga ukuba uSaint-Tropez kwiminyaka eyi-100?
Andikwazi ukucinga nto. Ndihlala usuku nosuku. Kulusizi ukubona indlela yonke into ewohloka ngayo ngesantya esikhawulezayo. Andikhathali nokuba kwenzeka ntoni na kwikhulu leminyaka.
Kodwa ngaba le ngcinga ayikukhathazi?
Ewe, kubuhlungu kum, kuba ndiyithiyile inkcitho!
Uya kuphi ukuya eholideyini kwiminyaka eyi-100?
Kwiminyaka eyi-100, ndiza kuba yi-157, ke…
Zeziphi iindawo ozithandayo eSaint-Tropez?
Andisathandi kwanto eSaint-Tropez. Kwelinye icala, ezinye iilali ezifana neGrimaud, iGassin okanye iRamatuelle ziye zanelungelo lokuba noosodolophu abakrelekrele ababeyazi indlela yokugcina ubunyani babo.
Uhlala uthetha ngeecawa kunye neecawe. Ngaba oku kubalulekile kuwe?
Njengakwindlu yabahambi yaseSpain, kwi-chapel ufumana oko uzisa khona. Xa ungakholelwa kuyo nantoni na, awufumani nto...