His film about his neighbor Hélène, a 93-year-old Breton woman, has an astonishing destiny

From nursing homes to high schools and cinemas, “La Belle Hélène”, the documentary film directed by Florence Dottin has already been screened 43 times. These images shot “to preserve the memory of Hélène”, of her harsh life and her joy of living in the Plumaugat countryside, in Côtes-d’Armor, arouse emotional enthusiasm in this corner of Brittany.

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An extraordinary destiny! This is always what directors want for their film. For Florence Dottin, author of the documentary Beautiful Helene , it’s even more dizzying. Now retired, after a career in television, the director admits that she would never have thought that a documentary made in the greatest simplicity would be seen, in one year, by more than 5,600 spectators.

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We are at 43 screenings, assures the one who has…simply…