Editing Sophie Marceau (section)

== Decorations ==

* [[File:Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officier ribbon.svg|51x51px]] After having been made a Knight ([[French language|French]]: ''Chevalier''), Marceau was promoted to Officer ([[French language|French]]: ''Officier'') in the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] by the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Minister of Culture]] of [[France]] in 2003. She received the [[Rosette (decoration)|rosette]] from the hands of [[Jean-Jacques Aillagon]] who declared:

<blockquote>"Female conqueror and ambitious actress. For millions of spectators, you embody freedom and revolt. Your career is part of the tradition of the greatest [[French actors]], in the wake of [[Catherine Deneuve]], [[Gérard Depardieu]], [[Philippe Noiret]] or [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]. You are a [[role model]] in our country and, abroad, you embody the image of the perfect French woman and for that you deserve the gratitude of the [[Republic of France|Republic]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=MATIN|first=LE|title=Le Matin – Sophie Marceau, officier des Arts et Lettres|url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2003/Sophie-Marceau-officier-des-Arts-et-Lettres/25605.html|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Le Matin|date=13 February 2003|language=fr}}</ref></blockquote>

* [[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|55x55px]] In March 2016, she officially revealed that she had refused the [[Legion of Honour]] ({{langx|fr|Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur}}).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Média|first=Prisma|title=Sophie Marceau ne regrette pas d'avoir refusé la Légion d'honneur et le montre – Voici|url=https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/sophie-marceau-ne-regrette-pas-d-avoir-refuse-la-legion-d-honneur-et-le-montre-587121|access-date=5 October 2021|website=Voici.fr|date=8 March 2016|language=fr}}</ref> Marceau reacted to then [[President of France|president]] [[François Hollande]] giving it to the then [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia]] [[Muhammad bin Nayef]]. In a tweet posted on 8 March 2016, Marceau wrote ''"This is why I refused the [[Legion of Honour|Legion of honour]]"'' with a link to an article from [[Le Monde]] titled ''"Saudi Arabia: Legion of Honour and Beheadings"''<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 March 2016|title=Sophie Marceau a refusé la légion d'honneur|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/styles/vip/sophie-marceau-a-refuse-la-legion-d-honneur_1771772.html|access-date=5 October 2021|website=L'Express|language=fr}}</ref> which denounced the [[Wahhabism|Wahhabi]] kingdom's repeated violations of numerous [[human rights]] such as the 70 executions carried out since the start of that year and its contempt for [[women's rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2016|title=Arabie saoudite : légion d'honneur et décapitations|url=http://www.agoravox.fr/culture-loisirs/dessin-du-jour/article/arabie-saoudite-legion-d-honneur-178579|access-date=5 October 2021|website=AgoraVox|language=fr}}</ref> Every year a few recipients decline the award, as [[Brigitte Bardot]], [[Gustave Courbet]], [[Guy de Maupassant]], [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Georges Brassens]] and [[Maurice Ravel]] all did.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ces personnalités qui ont refusé la Légion d'honneur|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2015/01/01/03004-20150101ARTFIG00063-ces-personnalites-qui-ont-refuse-la-legion-d-honneur.php|access-date=5 October 2021|website=Le Figaro|date=January 2015|language=fr}}</ref> However, even if they refuse to accept it, they are still automatically included in the order's official membership.<ref>{{Citation|title=France's legion of honour: Who makes the cut and how?| date=27 January 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW3d58Ckbi0|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/mW3d58Ckbi0|archive-date=2021-11-17|url-status=live|access-date=5 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bessière|first=André|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfij65CCC_8C|title=Il était une fois la légion d'honneur: de la croix des braves au ruban rouge|date=2008|publisher=Harmattan|isbn=978-2-296-06592-5|language=fr}}</ref>