Alice Develey writes a shocking novel about anorexia

Tuesday September 10 in “Tout Public”, Alice Develey, the author of “Tombée du ciel”, and Eric Morain on the genesis of Daniel Auteuil’s new film, “Le Fil”, in theaters September 11.

Fictional account of the experience of a fourteen-year-old girl interned in a child psychiatric hospital, Fallen from the sky paints a portrait of Alice, who suffers from anorexia and for whom writing is a way of not forgetting and of resisting.

Writing occupies a central place, both for the young protagonist of the novel, as well as for the author Alice Develey, literary critic at Figarowho speaks of the writing of the book as not being “not a choice, but a necessity.” The need to face a heavy and tenacious past, and to free oneself from it. And for good reason, the story of the book is also the experience of the writer, and of so many others, who have fought against anorexia and had to face hospital abuse once taken into care. “There are thousands of lonely people who have suffered what I suffered, and who continue to suffer it today, even though it was fifteen years ago.”says Alice Develey.

This is the unique story of a film, a lesson in humanity and friendship. Daniel Auteuil’s new feature film, The Thread, indeed bears the legacy of the lawyer Jean-Yves Moyart, better known by the nickname “Maître Mô”. Éric Morain paints a friendly portrait of this man who had not “no other ambitions than to tell the story of the humanity of its customers.”

To close this “All Publics”, while the Deauville American Film Festival celebrates its 50th year, our culture journalist Matteu Maestracci, who has just returned, wonders if American cinema is still doing so well.