In “Fille de paysan”, viewers of France 2 will discover the history of the Pécourneau family. This poignant story traces the real journey strewn with pitfalls since 2019 of a couple of farmers and their daughters…
In Fille de paysan this Wednesday March 1 on France 2, viewers discover from 9:10 p.m. the journey of the Pécourneau family. Here, we follow the rocking daily life of Murielle and Joël, this couple of farmers who find themselves in very great financial precariousness overnight.
A true and poignant story
On the edge of the abyss, they must nevertheless continue to run their farm in order to meet the needs of their daughters, Lola and Emilie. Very worried and eager to help her parents, the latter (aged 15) then throws a bottle into the sea on the web and calls for the solidarity of Internet users: she opens an online kitty in secret…
This poignant story is inspired by the true story of the real Pécourneaus. The latter, living in Lot-et-Garonne, experienced this extremely worrying situation in 2019. In an attempt to resolve the catastrophic cash flow concerns of her parents, the teenager had therefore launched the operation on the web “Helping a family on the side of the street“.
Fortunately, this initiative had at the time been widely shared on social networks and relayed by the media. Thus, thanks to the generosity of thousands of people across France, the Pécourneaus were able to get their heads above water…
“The distress call still resounds today”
In a note from the production of Peasant’s Daughter unveiled by France 2, it is indicated that the fiction teams have spoken with the main interested parties. With their agreement, the text took liberties while respecting the majority of the sequence of events.
“At the time of writing these lines, the Pécourneau family has regained hope but is far from being out of the woods for good. explain the production. Times remain tough for farmers in France.“
“This is why we are committed to continuing to give them a voice and to help them as best we can. The distress call launched by Émilie in February 2019 still resounds today, and we hope that this film will allow it to be heard.“
In the credits, the public finds Justine Lacroix (Émilie Pécourneau), Carole Bianic (who won the Prize for Best Female Interpretation at the Luchon Festival 2023 for her role as Murielle Pécourneau), Thierry Godard (Joël Pécourneau) and Astrid Bedu (Lola Pecourneau).