The tabloids virally reported that Woody Allen had started a relationship “with his daughter.” Amid the impact, Mia Farrow remained, who had been the filmmaker's partner until recently and the young woman's mother.
It was the end of the 70s when Woody Allen and Mia Farrow began their relationship and became one of the most media and powerful couples of the time. Farrow has just ended her marriage to musician André Previn, with whom she had adopted a girl from South Korea; Her name was Soon-Yi. During the twelve years that the actress and the director shared together, they expanded their family with the adoption of two more children. Furthermore, in 1987, Satchel Ronan was born, the only biological child of their union.
As their professional relationship strengthened thanks to the thirteen films they filmed together, their emotional bond slowly cooled. Nobody imagined the media war that was coming between the two. In the early 90s, the family relationship between Woody and Soon-Yi took a different direction. At first, their plans were innocent, such as going to watch games or visiting cinemas and museums, and they had Mia's knowledge and consent, but they soon moved to a higher level.
In early 1992, the sc**dal exploded right before Mia's eyes. One day, the actress found “erotic” photos of her daughter in the filmmaker's apartment and accused him of being a “pervert.” In her words, the actress declared: “It was a package of photos of a woman, of a girl. I picked them up and realized they were all from Soon-Yi. "They were my daughter's." However, she chose to remain silent and spent part of her year planning the legal war she would wage against her partner. In the middle of that same year, Farrow accused Allen of trying to inappropriately touch Dylan, his other adopted daughter, and put the girl's testimony into evidence. In response, the filmmaker sued her and asked for custody of all the children they shared with her, while she made public her relationship with Soon-Yi, who had already left home and was living with him.
In the middle of the following year, several experts on abuse issues dismissed the girl's testimony as “inconsistent,” since she had given a different version in each interrogation. A judge attempted to bring order to the attacks from both sides with his ruling of June 8, 1993: he granted custody of the children to Mia, dismissed the charges of improper access to Dylan due to lack of evidence, and limited Allen's visits. to the little ones. The only thing that seemed to be going well in her personal life was her relationship with Soon-Yi, whom he married four years later.
The couple made their union official on December 22, 1997, in Venice and, with their marriage, a new stage began for the filmmaker. By then, he was 61 years old and she was 26. Since then, the young woman dedicated herself to being a full-time wife and housewife. As the years passed in their relationship, they decided to become parents, so they chose to adopt two girls, Bechet Dumaine Allen, and Manzie Tio Allen, who are now adults but have stayed away from the spotlight and the media.
Over the years, Allen has dedicated herself to defending and validating his relationship with his wife, even from its beginnings. In an interview, the filmmaker stated: “When I started the relationship, I thought it wouldn't be serious, that it would just be an adventure. But it was something that had a life of its own. We started dating, then we lived together and enjoyed it. I'm 35 years older and somehow the dynamic worked. I was paternal. She responded to someone fatherly. I liked the youth of her and the energy of her. She gave in to me and I was happy to give her enormous freedom and let her take charge of so many things. “She flourished.” However, for the director, being paternal and considering himself her father were very different things.
For this reason, it is very common to hear people say that “Woody Allen married his daughter,” but, according to what Soon-Yi herself has expressed, she never saw Woody as a father, since he did not live in the house nor did he share constantly with them. In her own words, she once stated: “We didn't see him as a father. “He didn't leave clothes in our house, not even a toothbrush.” And everything seems to indicate that their choices were correct, because, more than 30 years later, they continue to appear as a strong, stable, and long-lasting couple.
