M6 this Tuesday evening airs I’ll Go to the End of My Dreams, a fiction that follows the intersecting destinies of two characters, campers Camille Lou and Samuel Alain Abitbol, who rescue each other.
After I Learned to Love You director and screenwriter Stephanie Pilonka returns this Tuesday 13 September at 9.10pm on the M6 with I’ll Go to the End of My Dreams, a fictional story about the intersecting destinies of two characters who rescue each other. bilaterally.
Directed by Camille Louis and Samuel Alain Abitbol, this impressive TV film tells the story of Antoine, a 25-year-old with Down syndrome, raised by a loving and not-so-talkative father (played by Guillaume de Tonquedec) who never left. With her son’s happiness in the way, she works as a librarian’s assistant at CDI in college and leads a well-ordered life between family and friends.
But one day he meets Bianca, a young supervisor who secretly dreams of becoming a singer. He quickly falls in love with her. Their meeting will take them further than they could have imagined…
Authentic TV movie
Well-accustomed to social issues, Stefani Pilonka offers a dream-filled fiction as close as possible to reality, the screenwriter met associations and families of children with Down syndrome while writing.
Moreover, he assured that after the success of “Learning to Love” broadcast on M6 in 2020, the channel offered a continuation, but he refused. “Ever since I learned to love you, I’ve been told by associations and families that it’s great to talk about your children when they’re young, but you should also talk about them when they’re adults.“, he explained to us.
“This film is built around many testimonies from families who told us about the adventures of people carrying this extra chromosome who work on permanent contracts. That’s why I wrote the script based on the true anecdotes of the families.“
Documentation above writing that feels like I’m following my dreams, which is an honorable value to say both positive and negative, especially when harassing is especially trying.
Of course, like all of Stephanie Pilonka’s work, I’ll Go to the End of My Dreams remains a sunny piece of fiction that ignores clichés and shows us an aspect of trisomy 21 that is often overlooked.
Custom role
Even before writing I will go to the end of my dream, Stephanie Pilonka already knew that Samuel Allen Abitbol would play the main role. He actually met the young actress, who appeared notably in Mention Particulière and Un si grand soleil, during the Luchon Festival.
And immediately fell in love with him: “He kept joking about me on the plane and played so well that I believed him.” During this meeting, he promised her to write a film. This is where I will go after the birth of my dreams.
An important film for Samuel Allen Abitbol, who sees in it an opportunity to change the way others view Down syndrome. “This fiction shows that we can have autonomy“, he explained. “This is an important film to open doors for people with disabilities“.
A challenge for Camille Lou
Bianca, this young woman who dreams of becoming a singer to embody, is called by Stephanie Pilonka to Camille Lou. This actor and singer was an ideal candidate for him to portray this character. In 2018, he was noticed by Camille Lou thanks to a video he posted on Instagram, where he performed the song, alone with the guitar.
Impressed by her talent, he saved her name for a future project. But if Camille Lu is a successful singer, she was still a little afraid to bring this talent forward. Especially since he wrote the songs for the telefilm.
But this is not the only challenge that the actor, who will soon show Les Combattantes, had to face. Playing with an actor with Down syndrome is a very different experience than what he has known before.
“This changes everything because they get straight to the point. Samuel was not in training“, he confided. “I found myself in front of someone who has the same compassion as I do. We did a lot of improvisation and it was magical. It forced me to be in the present moment.“
Find I’ll be chasing my dreams this Tuesday 13th September from 9.10pm on the M6. The TV movie is now available for preview on the Salto platform.
Source: allocine
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