Alzheimer’s disease affects one million French people and 600 new cases are diagnosed every day in our country. It is because this disease affects us all, directly or indirectly, that the magazine Restricted zone decided to take an interest in it through a documentary broadcast on Sunday March 6 on the M6 channel. The presenter Ophélie Meunier is at the head of this new issue. Guest of franceinfo on Tuesday March 1, she first mentioned her placement under police protection.
Since the broadcast on January 24 of a report on radical Islam, the journalist has received death threats. “It’s a situation that is not pleasant, but it’s okay”said Ophélie Meunier, refusing to say more about what she is going through and the death threats received. “There are ongoing investigations and it concerns my private life so I do not wish to speak on this subject.”
Far from this episode, through this new report, viewers will discover the operation of a special unit at Pitié-Salpétrière, or that of a nursing home in Roubaix dedicated to the sick. The journalists collected poignant testimonies. “You lose your soul when you lose your memory”explains the journalist. “The disease affects patients but also their families. Mourning a living person is difficult for those around you”
It is a human documentary made with great modesty that shows without lying the difficulties that Alzheimer’s causes in families.
Ophélie Meunier, presenter of the program Zone Interditefranceinfo
Alain Souchon and his son Pierre will intervene at the end of the program to testify. The singer’s mother Sentimental Crowd died of the disease. “I had met them during a broadcast on RTL and they wanted to talk about this fight, remembers Ophelie Meunier, I wanted to invite them because I had a vivid memory of them. They said yes right away.” Pierre Souchon is also the artistic director of a gala for the Alzheimer research foundation, on March 14 at the Olympia.
The magazine Restricted zone was launched in 1993. At its head for almost six years, Ophélie Meunier does not feel any weariness. “This show is always modern and one of a kind”she says. “She speaks to the French about their society and what will happen to them. As long as we manage to do it, Restricted zone will remain a rewarding show. Everything differentiates us from 7 to 8 Where Correspondent. We still do 90-minute documentaries on a single subject, which is very rare today on television. There’s room for everyone.”she assures.