Let’s face it France 2: Is actress Camille Goudot really blind?

It’s not easy being a parent, especially when you have a disability. This Wednesday, January 31, France 2 explores the whole aspect of parenthood, which is still rarely highlighted in fiction, with a new TV movie called Droit de regard, broadcast at 21:10.

The mother faced a double ordeal

remind you right of inspection tells the story of Alexandra (Camille Goudo), an energetic thirty-year-old and highly regarded professional trainer.

Unfortunately, the young woman suffers from glaucoma, a chronic eye disease that means she is gradually losing her sight.

The consequences are more serious for Alexandra as she is in the process of divorcing Ian (Raphael Lenglet), the father of her two children.

Then she wonders: As the hearing before the judge approaches, will she be able to convince the courts that she can adapt and retain custody of her children despite her disability?

“I also lost my sight and I have two children that I raised alone”

In front of their screens, a part of the public will surely ask themselves another question: is Camille Goudot, who plays the main character in this TV movie, also visually impaired or blind?

When asked about this at the La Rochelle Literature Festival last September, the actor explained how he prepared for the role. “Before filming, for acting reasons, I went to see blind people. Being visually impaired, but not blind, I needed, for example, to know how to use a white cane”, confides Camille Goudo. “Some of these people turned to me then, a bit like consultants, during filming.”he continues.

Behind Alexandra’s story, first of all, we meet Ana-Sarah Curtudo, the co-author. right of inspection. “This story is partly a true story because I lost my sight and I have two children that I raised alone”He says, also at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival. “I was also inspired by all the feedback I got from people with disabilities. After that there is a part of the story that is made up”adds the screenwriter.

“There were absolutely no difficulties on the set”

The leading role was important for him right of inspection be assigned to an actor who directly deals with the matter. “We have to be consistent. If you want to say that people with disabilities are like everyone else, you have to show that they can work like everyone else.”Ann-Sarah Curtudo explains.

Especially since the presence of disabled people in the casting did not have any impact on the filming. “It didn’t cause any difficultiesrecalls a production member. For each shot, we try to identify as much as possible the problems we encounter. Here we made sure we had a little more time than on other shoots so we could adapt to each actor’s needs. In fact, it happened exactly like every other shoot I’ve done.”he says.

The result of this shoot, in any case, will be broadcast this Wednesday, January 31st at 21:10 on France 2 and can also be (re)watched online at france.tv.