2023-05-02 18:59:21
“My name is Céline, I am 38 years old, I am on parental leave. My name is Fabrice, I am 46 years old, I am a business manager with around fifty employees. And between us, we have ten children. “The angelic faces of the Saffré tribe appear smiling alongside their parents in the trailer for season 4 of “ Large families: life in XXL »a TF 1 broadcast, which is currently airing its sixth season.
But after a single season of filming, the family had decided not to continue the experience, saying they were very disappointed by the reception of the public. “We were recontacted, not long ago to resume filming (surely due to the announcement of the pregnancy) but we refused”, wrote Céline, who claims her traditional values and who, in the summer of 2022, was waiting a new child.
The family had been criticized in particular for the clothing imposed on the children: “We are falling into an unrealistic world where the word benevolence almost no longer exists and is quickly replaced by the word harassment, contempt, violence… and so on. “In what world do we live… who nowadays would agree to live this on a daily basis??? Not our family! »
But it is for another reason that the mother, originally from Gironde, decided to sue the production of TF 1. This time, the large family denounces the conditions of filming and the manipulation of the production. “We won’t give up, we will go all the way. We were made to believe that the filming would be a documentary, we are far from the documentary, ”she announces, on Instagram.
If Céline Saffré does not really detail the filming conditions she denounces, she nevertheless specifies: “When the film crew comes, there is a well-established schedule. Even if you have planned to do your day as you see fit, that’s not how it goes (…) Anything that can be done in parallel and that does not correspond to their expectations is necessarily cut off at the assembly. »
The mother of the family ensures that she will soon share anecdotes on her Instagram account.
This announcement echoes the complaint last October from Amandine Pelissard, another protagonist of the TF 1 show. TF 1 Production”.
A “grip” of production
According to her, there is on set “a real lack of respect, comfort and safety instructions for children”. The one who denounces “drifts” and a “grip” of production on families assures: “When it started to affect the comfort of my children, I put stops right away. I cut the shoots, I stopped the sequencers, I stopped the seasons…”
Amandine Pelissard then demanded a better legal framework for these filmings which involve children.
“We are surprised by these statements. We are waiting to find out more, it being specified that we will defend ourselves legally if unfounded accusations were to be made, ”said TF 1 at the time.
“I am very happy to see that the floor is finally free on this program which has so many ratings and whose families are just as much criticized”, had greeted Céline Saffré who spoke at that time of malevolence and harassment on social networks: “To people who come to approach me to find out if we were happy with the filming, I tell them to run away. »
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