Marie Ségrétier, a Camargue native at the center of “Animale” by Émma Benestan

The Camargue is the scene of a fiction which is released in theaters this Wednesday, November 27. “Animal”, the feature film by Emma Benestan. The main character is a woman in the very masculine world of Camargue racing.. Inspired by Marie Segrétier, originally from Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer, who had to work to find a place.

Being a woman in the world of Camargue racing

Just a teenager, Marie Segrétier is only surrounded by men. Whether at the Raphaël-les-Arles raseteurs school, or in his daily life in his native Camargue: “It was complicatedshe explains, at the beginning because it’s a lot of quote-unquote mockery. It gave me little hangovers when I was about to leave in front of the bull.” She then says she had to work extra hard to be accepted and establish herself as a name in the Camargue race.

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“So it was a lot more training [que les hommes]she said, Normally it’s two training sessions per week. I trained every day. […] I even asked for the keys to the arenas so I could go train and have an impeccable physique.
The years go by, she is now 26 years old and says she has the same energy. She is now aiming for the higher categories, the League or the future.