To celebrate 20 years since the broadcast of the very first episode of More beautiful lifeTélé-Loisirs brought together actors from the beginnings of the series and around a hundred fans.
On August 30, 2004, the very first daily soap opera in the history of French television landed on France 3: More beautiful life. It was twenty years ago. Also, to celebrate this anniversary date, your TV magazine created the event, on October 11 at its premises in Gennevilliers (92), bringing together pioneer actors of the series, and around a hundred unconditional fans, selected by random draw from among more than 1000 participants. If Cécilia Hornus and Rebecca Hampton, the interpreters of Blanche Marci and Céline Frémont, had not been able to make the trip for professional reasons – but had left a video – six actors were present for this event. Sylvie Flepp (Mirta Torres), Ambroise Michel (Rudy Torres), Thierry Ragueneau (François Marci), Geoffrey Sauveaux (Luca Marci), Pierre Martot (Léo Castelli) and Serge Dupire (Vincent Chaumette) stuck in Marseille for family reasons – but in visio – were present to exchange with ex-PBLV viewers.
More beautiful life : The hesitant beginnings of Geoffery Sauveaux
Thus, actors and fans from all over France – Charente-Maritime, Alsace, and even Corsica – went back in time by watching the first episode of the soap opera. And the reactions were quick to come: “I had just passed the baccalaureate. I was petrified. I see that I’m shaking. There’s a line where we don’t understand what Lucas is saying, I’m completely babbling”admits Geoffrey Sauveaux. “It shocked me! There is a sentence from Vincent Chaumette about women that could no longer be said on television today“, notes Thierry Ragueneau.
More beautiful life : A tribute to Colette Renard and Michel Cordes
The troupe remembered Colette Renard, the interpreter of Rachel Lévy, present in the first episode and died on October 6, 2010. Just as she paid tribute to Michel Cordes (Roland), who died on May 5, 2023. public then to exchange with the actors. “I’m a social worker and when the series ended, a lot of people told me they were very sad. It was really upsetting”confided a mother. The evening then continued around a cocktail, punctuated by selfies, autographs and other expressions of affection. So that the memory of the event endures more beautifully.
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