Heloise Goy with Alexis Patri
The actress and novelist Laetitia Milot tells in “Culture Médias” how her role in the new fiction of M6, “To find you”, transformed her. She plays the character of Marion, mother of Lucas, an 11-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder. Assaâd Bouad (“Ten percent”) gives him the reply.
M6 broadcasts Tuesday evening To find you, a two-part TV movie about an autistic child. A fiction carried by Laëtitia Milot and Assaâd Bouab (which we saw in particular in the series Ten percent). The two actors play the role of Marion and Alexis, the parents of Lucas, an 11-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder who disappears in the middle of the night. Fiction is therefore constructed like a thriller. Laetitia Milot explains to the microphone of Europe 1 all the preparation that this role of a mother who takes care of her autistic child required.
“As I read the script, my guts tightened,” recalls the actress. “A month before filming, director Bruno Garcia provided us with a lot of documents to read and see. I also did my research on the Internet. I was particularly touched by Eglantine Eméyé’s documentary, she helped a lot in the character.”
“I was very destabilized by certain scenes”
By exploring the difficulties of a family raising a disabled child, Laetitia Milot discovered a world she had never known. “I hope to help this cause which is very important and to open eyes as I opened mine. I was very destabilized by certain scenes that I shot”, she explains. “It changed my perspective and I now have great admiration for these parents and families who live with this disability.”
This fiction is broadcast Tuesday evening at 9:10 p.m. and will be followed by a set devoted to autism, presented by Flavie Flament. At 11 p.m., the host will notably be surrounded by comedian Samuel Le Bihan, himself the father of a little girl with autism. There will also be Isabelle Rolland, president of the association Autistes sans frontières, and Richard Delorme, head of the Center of Excellence for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders.