The “Sentinels” series paints the portraits of French soldiers of the Barkhane force in Mali. Frédéric Krivine and Thibaut Valetoux are the guests of “Info media”.
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Frédéric Krivine, author of the series A French town, signs with Thibault Valetoux a formidable social and political series: Sentinelsportraits of young soldiers of the force Barkhane in Mali faced with the impossibility of their task. The seven-episode series is available on OCS from Tuesday, April 5.
Sentinels was first born in the mind of Thibault Valetoux, a young screenwriter who wanted to tell the story of French youth who are getting involved. The framework will be the Barkhane force sent to Mali by François Hollande to fight against terrorism and jihadism. His characters, they choose them by watching army advertisements: “At the very beginning in 2015, I watched the army recruitment campaigns. We saw photos: a black soldier, a woman, and someone who you could imagine was the son of a general” Explain Thibault Valetoux.
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Frédéric Krivine then joined the project: “It’s politically very interesting. It’s the biggest external intervention of the French army in recent years. It was interesting to tell how these young people and these officers confronted their commitment with the reality on the ground. C It’s one thing to get involved, to serve France and to have more or less humanist aims, it’s another thing to be able to do it, or not to be able to do it.”
The series written two years ago anticipated the withdrawal of the Barkhane force decided by the current government. The series in 7 episodes is available on OCS.