VIDEO – The lawyer and CNews columnist is the heroine of “Au travail!”, the documentary comedy by the left-wing MP and Gilles Perret. Except that the person concerned was not able to finish filming. She explains it to “Buzz TV”.
It’s an unlikely professional marriage. Sarah Saldmann columnist on CNews and heroine of the new film by François Ruffin and Gilles Perret. After Thanks bossthe duo of directors decided to put the 33-year-old lawyer on the minimum wage, titillated by the words of the latter who, one day estimated on TV that “his taxes did not have to pay to the mediocrity of those who don’t want to give a damn».
In turn delivery girl, fish packer in the food industry, carer or housekeeper, Sarah Saldmann has done several jobs exposed to arduousness. Not without difficulties. “The fish factory was the most trying», Recognizes the person concerned on the set of “Buzz TV” this Thursday, November 7. “Already, the Ibis hotel, well… And then, waking up at 4 a.m. We arrive at 5 o’clock, I’m beat up and it’s cold! I hate it, I tell myself it’s the winning combo! How hard was that!“, she still remembers.
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Sarah Saldmann also hesitated before saying yes to this project. One of its conditions? A hair and makeup budget that was not really respected. “At the beginning I had the makeup artist and from the second day, I no longer have her because we are going to Boulogne-sur-Mer, to Amiens and I don’t insist. I haven’t set many conditions and my physical condition is deteriorating. We see that without makeup and without hairstyle, he is no longer the same person. At Secours populaire, I am not at my best. But after a while I let go of the railing», she confides with humor.
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In the film, the left-wing MP likes to make fun of his sidekick who describes himself as a “poor among the rich“, in comparison to “Bernard Arnault and François Pinault“. And when François Ruffin asks her for her “wish list”, Sarah Saldmann cites a Patek Philippe watch, a Birkin bag from Hermès and Balmain dresses. Among others. His interlocutor is stunned. “This “wish list” really exists, it is regularly updated, I spend a lot of time on it”confirms Sarah Saldmann. “I have a passion for watches and bagsshe adds. If I had put a travel “wish list”, it would have happened. We admit a passion for travel but not others. Again, it’s money I made, I still do what I want. There, I find that François Ruffin is in judgment and that is a shame. It should open. I can understand that it’s superficial, but some people have a passion for works of art and we don’t tell them it’s stupid», notes the regular on the sets of Pascal Praud, Sonia Mabrouk and Laurence Ferrari. And to summarize: “This is what I criticize the left more generally. If we don’t think like them, we are rejected».
“I am not a crybaby”
Sarah Saldmann on “Buzz TV”
Sarah Saldmann is not in the final photo of the documentary, removed at the last minute because of her positions for Israel. “I reacted very badly. I didn’t threaten them contrary to what they said but I found it unfairreacts the columnist. I loved this contact with people, I learned a lot and I found that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had no place here. I understand that people have differences with me, but I find that he is showing sectarianism. (…) I’m not even sure that François Ruffin’s supporters find it good but it’s his choice, I’m not a director and I didn’t have my say on this subject».
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Today, Sarah Saldmann is being pacifist towards the director with whom she found herself the day before on the set of RMC’s “Grandes Gueules” to promote the film. “I wouldn’t go on vacation with him but I wouldn’t spit on him either. Always be grateful in life when people give you opportunities. It also allowed me to make this film and have an experience. We must also remember the positive”she continues. Sarah Saldmann only did not appreciate that François Ruffin kept a sequence in the edit where she burst into tears in front of Luisa, a care worker. “I find it very unpleasant to be seen in this situation. I’m not a crybaby. I don’t cry often. At least not in public like that», she tells us.
