Caen. “La Pouponnière”, a gripping documentary at the heart of a home for children aged 0 to 6 years old

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Immersion in an emergency foster home for children aged 0 to 6 years. This is the subject of Julie Lerat-Gersant’s gripping documentary, filmed at the Pouponnière in Fleury-sur-Orne, near Caen. To be discovered in preview at the Café des Images, this Tuesday, May 7, 2024, before its broadcast on France 3 Normandie, Thursday, May 9.

One of the scenes from the documentary “La Pouponnière”, a home with 50 supervisors for thirty to forty children. | DR


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  • One of the scenes from the documentary “La Pouponnière”, a home with 50 supervisors for thirty to forty children. | DR

Otherwise, behind a disguise mask, no child’s face appears in any shot. Even the first names have been changed. Question “ethics and legal”recalls Julie Lerat-Gersant, the director. “I especially didn’t want to fall into voyeurism. » At child height, the camera is discreet, almost forgettable. “The aim was to tell the story of how a team organizes itself and thinks about the best interests of the child” in this type of situation which is inherently critical.

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