The star of the most seen French film of the year spoke on Thursday at the Île-de-France regional council during the first Assises du métro pour tous.
A metro accessible to disabled people: this is the fight of Artus, the director ofA little something extra. The star of the most seen French film of the year spoke on Thursday October 10 at the Île-de-France regional council during the first Assises du métro pour tous.
“The Paralympic Games have triggered something. It must not be a death knell. I will come back in two years. I will not let go of the subject,” he insisted, according to Le Parisien .
Line 14 is the only one accessible to disabled people. Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Île-de-France region, launched a call this summer to “make the metro accessible to all” which materialized last month with the signing of a pact.
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According to Valérie Pécresse, this plan financed in part by the region, the State and the City of Paris should cost 20 billion euros and take twenty years to be completed.
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Also invited last Tuesday to a debate in the Senate, Artus said he was working on the creation of inclusive holiday centers for people with disabilities, a bit like the stay in the countryside during which the film was filmed. A little something extra.
Artus returns to the stage at the Edouard VII theater with a new one-man show in which he continues to tackle subjects that are close to his heart, such as disability, without taboo. He plays until December 31 before touring from January to April.
