At 90, Yvonne played a scene in Fabien Onteniente’s TV movie “The Children of the Righteous”, broadcast this Wednesday on France 2. The TV movie was seen by more than 5 million viewers. The former baker living in Saint-Cyprien is proud to have shown her oven to so many people.
Yvonne keeps getting phone calls. Since her appearance on the screen, in Fabien Onteniente’s TV movie, the former baker has been congratulated by all her neighbors. The TV movie made an excellent score, with more than 5 million viewers this Wednesday, March 23. It makes Yvonne very proud. For one day, the entire film crew filmed at her home in Saint-Cyprien. His room but especially his bakery. In the basement of his house, a huge red brick oven was built 300 years ago. She pampered it for over 40 years and now she is happy to share it with others.
My oven is beautiful, I’m happy to show it to so many people
“My oven is beautiful, I’m happy to show it to so many people”, confides the former baker, her gray apron on her back. Yvonne of course also watched her performance on the small screen. “I was not bad, she smiled. But the most important thing is that we had a great time together, they were charming.” The budding actress played alongside Mathilde Seigner and Gérard Lanvin. “They come back when they want” she concludes with a laugh.
The TV movie “The Children of the Righteous”, adapted from the novel by Christian Signol, was shot entirely in the Dordogne. In Saint-Cyprien, Allas-les-Mines, Limeuil or even Meyrals. This is the story of a couple of Périgord farmers who took in Jewish children during the Second World War. Yvonne experienced the war at the age of 10, in the small village of Meyrals.
– Lise Roos Weil