Every Sunday, West France associates with TV Magazine to find the essential programs for the coming week. Our selection from Monday 9 to Sunday 15 November 2020 is placed under the sign of courage.
Alice Taglioni, disabled aerobatic pilot on TF1
“Life is a stormy journey to sustain and direct towards the port, an effort, in short, an ordeal. “ This affirmation attributed to the Swiss philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel will take on its full dimension on television this week. Monday, November 9, TF1 broadcasts the TV movie in the first part of the evening Over the clouds, worn by Alice Taglioni. The actress takes on the role of a woman who lost the use of her legs at the age of 16, victim of a plane crash, of which she is the only survivor. This catastrophe could have sucked the heroine into the depths of a deep depression. But, with her titanic strength of character, the survivor decided to take back the helm of her destiny and achieve the dream she always wanted to touch with her finger: to become a pilot. A fiction inspired by the true story of Dorine Bourneton, author of an eponymous book, which offers a new, more optimistic look at disability.
Open-hearted La Pitié-Salpêtrière in France 5
The next day, facing the epilogue of the series De Gaulle: story of a giant, sure France 2, Marina Carrère d’Encausse offers, at 8.50 p.m. on France 5, a documentary very anchored in the news entitled When the hospital holds its breath. Told by the voice of singer Benjamin Biolay, this survey looks at the functioning of hospital public and unveils the relentless fight he is waging against the Covid-19. The journalists observed during several weeks, day and night, the carers of the services of intensive medicine, pulmonology and resuscitation who give themselves body and soul.
TMC traces the Paris attacks in 2015
Thursday, November 12, facing the launch of the third season of Balthazar, sure TF1, TMC prime time on 13 November: the wave or sink. In this three-part documentary initially broadcast on Netflix, directors Jules and Gédéon Naudet (New York: September 11) trace with pedagogy that horror night of 2015 where several simultaneous terrorist attacks have bloodied Paris. This investigation is distinguished by the multitude of testimonies it offers, from the former President of the Republic François Hollande to the survivors of the Bataclan, including the rescuers.
Portugal / France on TF1
Finally, on Saturday November 14, viewers will be able to end the week on a more festive note on TF1, with the meeting between the French football team and Portugal, within the framework of the League of Nations.
“When the hospital holds its breath”, Tuesday November 10 at 8:50 pm on France 5
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