He’s making a comeback… for a good cause! This Wednesday, November 22, 2023, France 2 will dedicate its antenna family violence against children. For the occasion, the host Thierry Beccarowho left public service in 2019 following the end of his game Motussince replaced by Each in turn which achieves incredible audience successes every morning with Bruno Guillon, will make its comeback. And for good reason: the TV film which will be offered in the first part of the evening, called I was born at 17is adapted from his eponymous autobiography, published in 2018 by Plon editions, and which had sold several tens of thousands of copies.
In this striking testimony, Thierry Beccaro split the armor and came back about the family violence he suffered as a child. This strong testimony is adapted by France 2 and the synopsis was revealed by the channel this Monday, October 30: “Thierry was a beaten child. He grew up against the violence he suffered and has every reason to be proud of the result. But childhood trauma is still present, generating anxiety and a perpetual lack of self-confidence. The announcement of the imminent death of the father guilty of the brutality, and with whom Thierry has broken all relations, rings the hour of reckoning. The time has come for Thierry to put his memory and his his feelings. To liquidate the past, you must first understand it. This is what Thierry strives to do with the help of his psychologist and his loved ones, his mother, his sister, his partner, with the support of his childrenabove all, for whom he knew how to be a tender father who did not reproduce the pattern of his own curse.”
Special evening in honor of abused children
In the casting, viewers will find Pierre Azarello in the role of Thierry as a child, then Jules Morlon in the role of Thierry as a teenager, and finally Thierry Beccaro in his own adult role. Elisabeth Commelinknown for her role in More beautiful lifewill play Thierry’s mother, while the role of the father will be entrusted to Moses Santamaria. Elsa LunghiniAnne Loiret, Manon Lheureux and Muriel Combeau complete the cast of this event TV film, which will be followed in the second part of the evening by a debate moderated by Julian Bugier and baptized Abused children: rebuilding after violence. Finally, in the third part of the evening, France 2 will offer a new documentary called My lips are sealed.