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Jean Testanière

Et si la vie n'était qu'un début ?

What if life was just the beginning ?

As a child, Jean is already different from the others. Is this due to the early death of his father or to his extremely sensitive and dreamy character? In the sixth grade, he amazes his ...

What if life was just the beginning ?

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Linda

The Angel of Pigalle

“I’m not a prostitute, I’m a little girl from the Ardennes who got lost. I am a woman, a mother with a heart and a soul, who prostituted herself for 50 years.“ Linda is 77 years old today. She ...

The Angel of Pigalle

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The strength to love

When your dreams are bigger than yourself, happiness is possible… Jamila is born on a council estate with dreams bigger than herself. She quickly comes to realise, however, that her family ...

The strength to love

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Jean Arcelin

CV_TU VERRAS MAMAN_BAT

You’ll see, you will be fine, mum

For the first time, the director of a retirement center for dependent elderly people (EHPAD) testifies For nearly three years, Jean Arcelin managed an EHPAD in the south of France, before giving ...

You’ll see, you will be fine, mum

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Florence Henry

The Confinement

For a long time, Oceane was this curled upon herself child, who looked at no one and seemed to count the stars in the sky. At kindergarten, doctors and teachers were formal: the child is autistic ...

The Confinement

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Solène Revol

Couverture du témoignage Une petite voix me disait de maigrir encore de Solène Revol

A little voice told me to keep losing weight

“I head for the scale: 33.8 kilos. I’ve lost some more weight, part of me is satisfied. But I’m also sad: if I keep losing weight I’ll have to stay in the hospital for a long time. And I ...

A little voice told me to keep losing weight

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Kouamé

Couverture du témoignage "Revenu des ténèbres" de Kouamé

Back From The Darkness

It is Saturday December 8, 2012 and 14-year-old Kouamé is relaxing and watching TV with his Dad while his Mom and sister are busily preparing lunch. A Saturday like any other, until the front ...

Back From The Darkness

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Margaux Gilquin

The Last Paycheck

The angry cry of a woman who won’t back down In the workplace “seniors” are becoming increasingly vulnerable. Women suffer the most from this insecurity. How can one live today, at 50 years of ...

The Last Paycheck

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Ghislaine de Védrines

Diabolical

Ten years of diabolical manipulation. In September 1997, Ghislaine de Védrines meets Thierry Tilly for the first time. She does not have the slightest idea that she has just met the devil ...

Diabolical

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Marie-Laure Picat

The Courage of a Mother

The story of a dying mother’s fight to find a foster family who will take care of, and protect, her four children. Her story, and her personality, have deeply moved people all across France. How ...

The Courage of a Mother

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Gaya Guerian

The Armenian

At the heart of the Armenian genocide. From a mother to her daughter. “I am the child of several storms, the daughter of rivers of blood. I was born to Armenia but my heartland was ...

The Armenian

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Morgane Seliman

A Stolen Life

A rare testimony about domestic violence and the mechanism of psychological control. “An hour has already passed since the countdown began. I’ve got to hurry to get the ironing done. After, it ...

A Stolen Life

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