Françoise, France, and Bruno, Italy. They met in a dance club in Paris, the city where Bruno had emigrated in the 1960s. They married secretly in 1961, she was 19 and he was 29. They lived in Paris for 6 years before returning to Italy because relations with their family were not good. They have 2 grown children. Françoise's parents initially strongly opposed the marriage because they considered Italians "frivolous, thieving and having many children". The differences between them are only cultural, they both say, and they can all be overcome. He has always been a sportsman, while she is a lover of opera and reading. Françoise dreams in Italian.