why you have to see "Above the Clouds"

This Monday, November 9, 2020, TF1 is broadcasting "Above the Clouds", a TV movie dedicated to the disabled aviator Dorine Bourneton. Here is why we advise you to watch it …

Do you know a lot of female aviators? Dorine Bourneton is one of them, and not the least. This evening, Monday, November 9, 2020, a TV movie inspired by his autobiography is released on TF1, "Over the clouds". Whether you want to fly away, whether you are passionate about human adventure stories or simply curious to see the life of an extraordinary woman adapted to the screen, we recommend this TV movie!

A modern heroine

At 15, Dorine made her first solo flight in an airplane. She dreams of walking in the footsteps of her aviator heroes of the Aéropostale era: Jean Mermoz, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Maryse Bastié or even Hélène Boucher. However, her life changed a year later in 1991: she was the only survivor of a plane crash where she was a passenger. She is saved, but loses the use of both legs. Heartbreak for the young girl: how to succeed in flying? She fights to be able to continue, and to obtain her pilot's license 4 years later on an airplane equipped with manual controls.
Unfortunately, his dream of becoming an airline pilot runs up against the law, which prohibits the access of this profession to people with disabilities. Dorine will then fight to make her change.
She is the first woman in the world to become a disabled aerobatic pilot in 2015, with an aircraft adapted for her to fly by hand and physical preparation designed especially in accordance with her disability. It is an exploit !
She tells in a book by the brand Pourquoi Princesse, I can be a pilot what flying means to her: "My day-to-day life is like living in traffic jams; everything is annoying and complicated. In aerobatics, I rediscover joy, serenity. I am like in a bubble; there are no sidewalks or obstacles."
Dorine was awarded the Legion of Honor and the Order of Merit for her determination, which she put at the service of others.

A woman committed to others

As a young girl, Dorine faces many obstacles. A year after learning that the profession of pilot, which she had always dreamed of, is not accessible to people with disabilities because of a law, she decides to commit to change it.
In 1997, it created the Handicapped Pilots Commission which was to carry the project of a new regulation. In 2003, a ministerial decree opened the profession to people with disabilities. Godmother of many associations, the young woman has a career that she wishes to be encouraging and inspiring for young generations of girls. In the book I can be a pilot, still of Why Princess to inspire little girls, she says:
"I understood that it was useless to fight against something (or someone), but it must be done for something: there we are in the action, there we advance and doors always end with open up. When you are positive, you have more energy, and then it's contagious and unifying to lead collective battles! Everything I have accomplished in my life, I have done thanks to help others, as a team. "

For the casting, notably with Alice Taglioni and Aïssa Maïga

In this TV movie, we find actors and actresses who have demonstrated their talent: Alice Taglioni plays Dorine, Aïssa Maïga and Lannick Gautry play her friends, Cyril Gueï her companion and Sam Karmann her father… A great reunion! Allociné even speaks for Alice Taglioni of one of the strongest roles of her career. The screenplay was adapted with Dorine Bourneton and sometimes takes a few liberties, while remaining faithful, according to her, to her emotions and to her life course. This family TV movie is inspiring at any age.
A last motivating little sentence from Dorine for the road? "The most difficult is to take the first step and then, then, everything happens. You have to have confidence in life, it is full of surprises. The main thing is to get started, without waiting too long! , we adjust, we adapt. When I started, I had no help. I was just carried by my passion, this flame which is stronger than us, and the stars aligned in my favor. At worst, what are the risks? Getting there? You have to start without thinking too much. You have to aim high but move forward little by little, step by step. "

So find "Above the clouds" this evening at 9:05 pm on TF1.