LOUISE

Comme la plupart des jeunes filles de son âge, Louise aime sortir, faire du sport et parler de garçons. Elle en discute surtout avec Lucas, son meilleur ami. Ensemble, ils partagent tout, elle ose lui raconter ses joies, ses peines, ses déceptions. Cela fait trois jours que Louise est célibataire. Elle sortait avec un garçon qui voulait tout, trop vite. Il la gâtait, il voulait lui offrir une bague après une semaine de relation. Alors Louise a dit stop, mais elle reste en bons termes avec le jeune homme. Elle trouve que c’est ridicule de couper les ponts. En général, les mauvais ex font de bons amis. Louise souhaite être un minimum indépendante. Elle ne cherche pas à tout prix…
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FATIMA & MICHEL

Fatima avait hâte de raconter son histoire. Elle a choisi de beaux bijoux, elle s’est fait chic pour parler d’amour. Michel l’accompagne, et même s’il ne peut pas beaucoup parler, c’est important qu’ils soient tous les deux parce qu’ils sont amoureux. Fatima est arrivée au foyer d’hébergement Cornely l’année dernière. Elle a vite remarqué un grand homme aux yeux bleus : « Bien sûr, il m’a plu ». En prenant des précautions polies, elle a invité cet homme, Michel, à venir boire un café dans sa chambre. Fatima a attendu pendant une heure que Michel daigne bien arriver, mais en vain. Le lendemain, Fatima a abordé Michel à nouveau, pour lui parler de son désarroi. Michel avait l’air gêné quand…
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INNA

Inna is in love with someone, but she does not want to talk about it. She is not the kind of girl who talks openly about her private life ; she does not even like to share her stories with her best friends. However, Inna will talk about love, her fight for equality and her ideas. Inna was born in Ukraine. When Inna was a child, she did not live in a comfortable environment : there was no money at the time, only “coupons”. She had to do her homework under candlelight. Young Inna had already realized that not everyone was experiencing life in the same way : some people had more than others. At first, she dreamt about getting…
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ROMAIN

Même s’il adore inventer des histoires impensables, Romain aime aussi en lire. Dans sa bibliothèque, Romain a quelques romans d’amour. Il traîne quelque part sur une étagère Belle du Seigneur, de Albert Cohen. Le papa de Romain lui a un jour dit que c’était le plus beau livre d’amour, alors Romain l’a lu. Il a répondu à son papa que si c’était ça l’amour, il n’en voulait pas. Romain croit qu’en amour, il faut tout partager, les bons moments, les moins bons, la beauté, la laideur. L’amour, c’est être naturel avec l’autre. Lui montrer ce que l’on est. Romain est marié depuis 5 ans. Il a eu le coup de foudre pour sa femme ; d’ailleurs Romain dit qu’il croit…
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FRIEDA

Frieda says that she can’t remember anything, that she is too old. She thinks she was 22 at the time of her first marriage. Her first husband was called Lucien, he used to sow suits for men; he sowed beautiful things, but Frieda can’t remember the name of his job. Frieda says that she was happy, but that things became difficult once the war started. Men, especially, had no choice : they had to leave and fight for their country. Frieda is confused, but she remembers that Lucien was very sick during the war. He coughed a lot. She travelled to Paris with him, for him to be seen by the best doctors in town, but they couldn’t find a…
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KHATUNA AND SCOTT

When we met Scott, Khatuna and their son Adam in France, they were on holiday. Khatuna described how happy she was to feel the cold outside again, to have her hair dancing in the winter wind. She told us that her life in Australia is amazing, but that she sometimes misses the cold and the snow. Khatuna comes from Abkhazia. This is where she met Scott, almost 10 years ago. Scott, an Australian doctor, was on a medical mission with the “Médecins sans Frontières”. He was helping the sick, diagnosing their illnesses, and Khatuna was working as a translator. During his first week in Abkhazia, Scott noticed that Khatuna was very special. She was not like the other women: when…
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RITA

Rita’s secret to living a long life is eating apples. She has 13 apple trees in her garden. She knows all the different types of apples, even the ones that look like cherries. Those ones are called small apples.Rita says that she does not have any stories to tell about love. Rita has reflected on the reasons for this, she thinks it is because of her smile. When she was young, she had tiny teeth, tiny teeth like those of a mouse, and it was not pretty. Today, she has fake teeth.Rita has many stories to tell.Rita met a lot of men in the past. She used to sell ties for a living in a big Parisian shop. Then, she…
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MICHAËL AND AMANDINE

Michaël and Amandine will marry each other on the 20th of September 2019. On that date, they will celebrate their 10th year of being together. They will marry on that very day, even if it is not a Saturday. Michael and Amandine are already engaged. If they are waiting so long to celebrate their wedding, it is because it is easier this way, for the moment.Since their first kiss, they live a long distance relationship. Amandine says that they always seem to pass by each other: they have never managed to study in the same town. Michael and Amandine often have to wait entire months before spending one weekend together.At first, Michael and Amandine decided that everything had to be…
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VIVIEN AND ISABELLE

One sunny afternoon, Vivien and his father went to a statue shop: they wanted to buy a sculpture for Vivien’s mother. That day, the young man wasn’t planning on meeting a gorgeous woman, but when he saw the sculptor’s daughter returning from her run, he felt a strong attraction towards her. He saw her amongst all the statues, her hair was messy and she was sweaty. She introduced herself; her name was Isabelle.Vivien was a young man full of pride. He used to think he could date any woman he wanted. He even imagined himself dating several at the same time. Well, Vivien was influenced by a friend who adored women, and who went from one relationship to another. However,…
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BENJAMIN

Benjamin was not very popular when he was a child. He went to school in the countryside, and he certainly did not have the same style as the other young boys. He did not wear the fluorescent t-shirts, nor the sports caps. He did not collect football player cards. Benjamin did not have any friends, except Sophie, the little girl who was always smiling and running in the playground. Sometimes, she would leave him alone to chat with other little brats. But, children change like the weather: sometimes the sun shines, sometimes it rains and Sophie often went from hot to cold in her friendships.Once they became teenagers, Benjamin decided to leave for the city, so he left Sophie alone…
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