Chapter 14 be hepburn's son

I am often asked what it was like to have such a famous mother.I always answer that I really don't know.In my eyes, she is a mother first and my best friend second.After that, it occurred to me that she was an actress.It wasn't until after my mother died that I realized what an extraordinary actress she was and how much she influenced us.Over the years, those fans who love their mothers have not decreased because of the passage of time. Many people have watched movies starring their mothers since childhood. Even today, many people still spontaneously organize various activities on the anniversary of their mother’s death. Such commemorative activities.I think it's the best acknowledgment of my mother's hard work over the years.

Although my mother was a big star, Luca and I grew up like normal kids, we didn't spend our childhoods in "Hollywood", not just where we lived, but our lives.My mother never showed her own movies at home. For her, when the shooting of the movie was over, it was over.So we didn't grow up in an acting family.I didn't grow up surrounded by filmmakers, and I didn't go to school or play with their kids. I spent the first few years of my life in Switzerland, studying at a village school near our home, and my friends were the children of farmers or schoolteachers.There is an orphanage on my way to school, and the children there are also my friends.I still remember that one winter, in the middle of the night, I was woken up by a good friend. His father’s cow was about to give birth to a calf, and we were very curious to watch it.We ran wildly in the cold wind, the wind hit our faces, it was painful, but the heart was joyful, and I can still think of that feeling until now.Another good friend of mine lives next to our house, and his garden is next to mine.We dug a gap in the fence between the two gardens and I used to play for hours in his attic and he had a set of old trains his dad made which made me I have been jealous for a long time.

When we moved to Rome, I started to study in a local French school, and my classmates and friends were also children from ordinary families.My mother would pick me up from school every day.Sometimes there will be some photographers at the gate of the school. At first they called me "the son of a star", but when they found that I was tall and played football quite well, they changed their names and attention to me. up.I don't think I've ever been bothered by this problem, and I've never wondered why paparazzi are always around my house.Like any other child, I thought my mother was very beautiful, and if they would take a picture of her, so be it.My mother has always been very beautiful in my mind, both externally and internally.

Since I started studying, my mother stopped doing movies, because I had to attend classes on time, and it was impossible to see her when she was filming.My mother made the same choice when my younger brother Luca started school, and I had already left home to go to boarding school. "I had to make an important decision in my life," the mother said in an interview in March 1988. "Give up the movies or give up my children. It was a very easy decision for me because I miss my children very, very much. When my oldest son is studying, I can no longer take him with me like I used to do when I was filming. It is very distressing for me, so I decided to stop for a while. Taking over the filming, I am willing to go home and be with the children, which makes me very happy. I am not sitting in an empty house, biting my nails in a daze, in fact, like other mothers, I am very happy. My two sons are proud."

How happy I am when she takes me shopping for books or soccer shoes.She is truly my best friend and most importantly, she made me realize how much I meant to her, which is so touching.