Jonathan Destin’s death: His school bullying was the subject of a TV movie

What is it about?

16-year-old Jonathan Destiny tries to kill himself by setting himself on fire. He falls into a coma. It is a shock to his family when they learn that their son was being molested. This is a deep question for teachers. The countdown has begun for the perpetrators.

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A boring movie

Adaptation of the book Doomed to kill me By Jonathan Destin, The Day I Burned My Heart recounts the ordeal of this 16-year-old who was bullied at school for being overweight, to the point of trying to end his life by setting himself on fire. in front of his high school. Severely burned, he has since embarked on a long journey of recovery.

The main role is played by Martin Dakin, who then made his debut in Thin!, has already appeared in Les Bracelets rouges or Le Talent de mes amis, and who we saw again in Tomorrow, belongs to us as Luc Molina. Arno and Pauline’s teenage son.

Clement Manuel and Camille Chamo perfectly portray her parents and their desire for justice. Michael Yoon embodies Miss CPE. He also paid tribute to the real Jonathan on his Instagram account:

With his poignant film, director Christophe Lamotte (Subpicion La Part du Suspicion) chooses to explore the psychological consequences of this cry of despair, both on teachers who are forced to question themselves and on schoolchildren. The origin of the harassment, little by little, was eaten away by guilt.

During its telecast on TF1, The Day I Burned My Heart was accompanied by an unreleased documentary titled School bullying, Jonathan’s ordealAfter seven years of recovery and twenty surgeries and transplants, the young man’s return to the hell he experienced at school, but also his rebirth.

He is now deceased on the 27thBut his behavior and his testimony made him a figurehead in the fight against school bullying.