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France 2 Debuts 'Des Vivants,' Jean‑Xavier de Lestrade’s Series on Bataclan Survivors

The drama centers on the real hostages’ long recovery, portrayed with their input to honor lived experience and memory.

Overview

  • The eight-part series begins airing on Monday, November 3 at 21:10 on France 2, followed at 23:20 by the documentary “13-Novembre, nos vies en éclats.”
  • Drawing from the Bataclan attack, the story follows seven of the eleven spectators who were held in a narrow corridor for about two hours and twenty minutes before the BRI intervention.
  • The survivors who inspired the drama kept meeting in the years after the attack, forming a mutual support group they nicknamed “les potages.”
  • Production emphasizes respectful representation by pairing actors with the real people portrayed, including Benjamin Lavernhe’s meeting with Arnaud.
  • Both programs focus on reconstruction and the impact of trauma on personal and collective memory, presenting testimonies and dramatizations as part of a public remembrance effort.