Portrait of the driver Frédéric SAUSSET, amputated of the four members, who participates in the 84th edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans. Images of the race, preparations, behind the scenes and interviews with Frédéric SAUSSET, Vincent BEAUMESNIL, ACO Sports Director, and Thomas GACHON, Onroak Automotive "Oak racing".
Rencontre avec Damien SEGUIN porte-drapeau de la délégation française aux jeux paralympiques de Londres et médaillé d'or aux Jeux Paralympiques Athènes 2004, né sans main gauche le skipper français ne s'est jamais senti différent et part favori à Londres. Un commentaire sur images factuelles lors de son entrainement dans la baie de Quiberon et chez lui à Guérande alterne avec ses propos, ceux de Franck LECOMTE son préparateur physique.
Report. Portrait and account of the exploit directed by Philippe CROIZON. Deprived of his arms and legs, he crossed the English Channel in 14 hours to reach the 33 km between Folkstone in England and Cap Grinet in France. The report presents a commentary on factual images alternating with the interviews of Philippe CROIZON, athlete, and Gérard CROIZON, father of Philippe Croizon. [Source: France 3 documentation] Philippe Croizon, 42, has achieved a feat. Deprived of his amputated arms and legs after an accident, he crossed the English Channel in record time. It took him 14 hours to reach the 33 km between Folkstone in England and Cape Grinet in France. He had planned the crossing in 24 hours.
Meet at Hossegor on the occasion of the World Surf League with the young American surfer Béthany HAMILTON, famous for having her arm ripped off by a shark while surfing at the age of 13 when she was already a surfing champion. After two surgeries and near death, she quickly returned to competition before winning the junior world championship at the age of 19. At the age of 21, she continued her professional career. Interview with Béthany Hamilton during a training session on the beach in Hossegor and with Pauline ADO, 2009 Junior World Champion, admiring this champion.
Arrival at Pointe à Pitre, competitors of the solo race of the Route du Rhum. On this occasion, interview on his boat "Des pieds et des mains" of the handicapped skipper Damien Seguin, -with only one hand-, child of the country, ranking in the 10th place of this sailing competition for valid in Class 40 out of 44 competitors for his first participation.
Interview with Damien Seguin, skipper with a disability, without a left hand, after his arrival in 10th place on the Route du Rhum: At the age of 31, he realized a childhood dream after seeing the feat of navigator Florence ARTHAUD at the age of 10 and evoking the difficulties of this solo race without confrontation with other skipper to make strategic choices, the difficulties of maintaining a continuous physical effort for 20 days and the last miles of his race before his arrival.
Meeting near Charlevilles Mezières with Didier Paquis, a man who became a paraplegic after a spinal cord tumor, who decided to go around France on a handbike for six months. Look back at his background and his training for this project. Comments on factual images alternating with the interview with Didier PAQUIS.
Report on the maternity of Laon and its physiological room called "nature" preparing in another way women for childbirth accompanied by midwife. It is another way of giving life, in a medical setting but allowing as much as possible the woman about to give birth to control her pain and to live intensely an event so special. This mother is going to give birth these days to her third child. She discovers "the nature room" very different from a classic delivery room. A soothing decor and above all a novelty: a bathtub not to give birth but to reduce contractions and relax, and to accelerate the work. It also involves stretching on hanging lianas, postures and gentle balloon movements, accompanied by a midwife. Relaxing means that are an alternative to epidural for expectant mothers. Commentary on factual images alternating with testimonies of future mothers and midwives.
The midwifery school "le Beffroi" in Tours prepares students in 4 years to the profession of midwife. Return of a student, of the principal of the school on the conditions of teaching of this trade, testimony of a young mother.
National Day of Action for Midwives who for several years have been asking for a revaluation of their status: finally obtain a university degree and for those who work in liberal an increase in the price of the act. At the Annemasse hospital, they were on strike today while working. Testimonies of several midwives of different generation on the evolution of their profession, their working conditions and their demands.
Dialogue in a Parisian hospital between Jacqueline Manicom, a midwife, one of the founders of the Choisir movement and activist for the freedom of contraception and abortion with a young mother whom she has just helped to give birth to and then with one of her colleagues on her job.
Report. Meeting at the Foch Hospital in Suresnes with Isabelle CZARNES, a wise woman striker requisitioned. She testifies to her daily life, the deterioration of her working conditions at the hospital, her responsibilities and her salary.
At the innovative maternity hospital in Pithiviers -practicing childbirth without violence-, meeting with fathers and couples attending childbirth preparation meetings.
Report on Madame Pouillard, a midwife who has been working in the countryside for several years. She knows all the families and has sometimes given birth to several generations of women.
Difficulties in choosing to give birth at home in the countryside in the Nancy region.Testimonies of two midwives about their responsibilities and a pregnant woman followed at home in the countryside by a midwife.
At the maternity hospital in Pithiviers, interview with the birth doctor Michel Odent on the benefits of the method of birth without violence designed by Doctor Frédérick Leboyer and its feminist character.