This Tuesday, November 26, 2024, on France 2, Tomer Sisley accompanies Raphaël from Casabianca to Nepal, with the film crew of Meet in unknown land. During a press point relayed by our colleagues from TV 7 daysTomer Sisley recalls a memory that particularly upset him.
“A more than extraordinary life lesson”. This Tuesday, November 26, 2024, the final issue of Meet in unknown land hosted by Raphaël de Casabianca will be broadcast on France 2. For the occasion, the host took the 50-year-old actor to meet the Dolpo Pa people, who live at an altitude of nearly 5,000 meters in Nepal, in the heights of the Himalayas.
During a press point organized to discuss his experience, relayed by our colleagues from 7 Days TVthe fifty-year-old spoke of a moment during filming that particularly touched him, “but which unfortunately was not filmed”. Indeed, the French invited by a Nepalese family had to make goat cheese. A condiment which serves as food for the hosts of Tomer Sisley and Raphaël de Casabianca, but also as a currency.
“I still haven’t gotten over it”
“I can tell you that it is energy-consuming, time-consuming and very tiring”explained the French actor, before developing: “You have to milk the milk, put it in a cowhide which you then shake, using your arms, for several hours. It's a hassle! Once ready, we spread the cheese on the ground so that it dries in the sun and at night, we protect it in a tent“listed Tomer Sisley, recalling each step of the recipe for making goat cheese.
But the Nepalese guests witnessed a very strange surprise. “Around 3 a.m., I heard a noise. At 6 a.m., I got up, and I saw the tent in which the cheese was torn. There was almost nothing left, it had been eaten by a cow”lamented the actor. But the latter was very surprised by the reaction of those who had invited him to discover their customs.
“I see the two oldest people in the family, who are 76 and 70 years old, who are in front of the tent. One says to the other: 'It's done. There's no point in feeling sorry for yourself. Better to dance'. And there, they start dancing in front of the torn tent where there is no more cheese”. A moment that marked Tomer Sisley for life. “It still troubles me every time I think about it. (…) I experienced a more than extraordinary life lesson. I still haven’t gotten over it”confided the fifty-year-old, very moved.
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