Lead by example!
Beyond demonstrations or meetings at the ministry, the world of culture, at least in part, has decided to step up and commit to vaccination against Covid-19.
“To take a decisive step in controlling the pandemic, without any hesitation, we are committed to getting vaccinated as soon as possible.
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Under this simple text, 200 personalities, actors and actresses, authors, theater directors, TV hosts, filmmakers, singers… have decided to put their signatures.
A cast of choice which notably includes Gérard Jugnot, Daniel Auteuil, Arielle Dombasle, Julie Gayet, Nagui, Grand Corps Malade… A personal commitment but which sounds like a plea in favor of vaccination on time or 58% of the French are always say hostile.
"At this rate, we will remain closed for another year ..."
On the initiative of this mobilization, launched at the very end of December, the actor and director Stanislas Nordey, 54, director of the Strasbourg theater (Bas-Rhin), one of the regions most affected by the second wave.
“The idea came to me on December 29, following a call from 200 mayors to be vaccinated.
There are two concomitant reasons.
First, the idea of a citizen act because our responsibility is collective in the face of the virus.
I work in Alsace.
I was sick at the start of the epidemic, I have relatives who have died ... We can no longer be content to wait for what the government will or will not do.
We must seize our destiny.
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“The second reason, continues the actor, is that we understood at that time that the theaters could not reopen on January 7.
At this rate, we're going to stay closed for another year… We can't just be complaining.
This petition is a way of acting to break the deadlock.
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Stanislas Nordey, director of the Strasbourg National Theater, is behind this call./Roses Nicolas / ABACA via Reuters
"I haven't had any refusals"
A message to which cultural figures were immediately sensitive, according to him.
“I took out my address book.
Jean-Michel Ribes
(Editor's note: director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point)
and Zabou Breitman gave me a hand.
The feedback was fairly immediate and unanimous.
Some did not answer me but I did not meet any refusal, affirms Stanislas Nordey.
I didn't feel suspicious.
I think everyone is convinced that if we don't do anything, we're never going to get away with it.
We had to send a strong message, but it came from us, not from the government.
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In its form, the appeal is not a direct exhortation to the French to be vaccinated.
But, the actor does not hide it, he is an incentive.
“You could say that this is a way of setting an example.
And, I hope, to make people think.
I often hear people complaining that politicians, that Macron does not get vaccinated ... The signatories of this petition simply say
We, we're going, we're ready.
Because today there is no other possible way.
It is a matter of common sense and collective responsibility.
I note that so far there have been no accidents with the vaccine.
And if we were to discover terrible side effects, a good part of the world of culture will disappear because of me, ”he smiles.
"Make a proposal to get out of this endless day"
Anti-vaccine activists are likely to have less fun with the initiative.
Without counting all those who will see in this only one way of “preaching for his parish” and the reopening of theaters… Stanislas Nordey assumes and moderates.
“I obviously expect criticism and I see it coming.
But I am not a vaccination ayatollah.
I don't even have a point of view on the question a priori.
The vaccine is not compulsory and I find that very good.
I don't judge or want to teach anyone a lesson.
There is no calculation in the process.
No one can imagine that with this petition, 98% of French people will run to get bitten.
It's just a collective action to participate in the debate, to modestly bring our contribution.
Make a proposal to get out of this endless day.
The call will continue to circulate and of course it will be open to everyone.
If restaurateurs want to join us, for example, they are welcome.
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The list of signatories
Lionel Abelanski (actor), Jean-Jacques Aillagon (former Minister of Culture), Hélène Alexandridis (actress), Fabrice d'Almeida (historian), Benoît André (director of La Filature), Pascale Arbillot (actress), Hortense Archambault ( director of the Maison de la Culture de Bobigny - MC93), Pierre Arditi (actor), Ariane Ascaride (actress), Olivier Atlan (director of the Maison de la Culture de Bourges - national stage), Daniel Auteuil (actor), Cécile Backès (director of La Comédie - Centra dramatique national de Béthune), Serge Bagdassarian (member actor of the Comédie-Française), Matthieu Banvillet (director of Quartz - national scene in Brest), Marc-Olivier Baruch (historian), Mathieu Bauer (director du Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil - CDN), Laurent Bayle (general manager of the Cité de la Musique), Yves Beaunesne (director of the Regional Dramatic Center of Poitou-Charentes), Nicolas Bedos (filmmaker), Frédéric Bélier-Garcia (stage director ), Jean Bellor ini (director of the National Popular Theater of Villeurbanne), Catherine Benhamou (author), Daniel Benoin (director of the Théâtre d'Antibes), Julie Berès (director), François Berléand (actor), Charles Berling (actor), Carmen Bernand (historian), Michèle Bernier (actress), Richard Berry (actor), Dominique Besnehard (producer), Françoise Bloch (director), Dominique Bluzet (director of Theaters Marseille - Aix-en-Provence), David Bobée (director of Center dramatique national de Normandie-Rouen), Nicolas Bouchaud (actor), Gilles Bouckaert (director of Salins), Stéphane Braunschweig (director of the Théâtre national de l'Odéon), Zabou Breitman (actress), Nicolas Briançon (director), Anne Brochet (actress), Cécile Brune (actress), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (filmmaker), Valérie Cadet (journalist), Marilyne Canto (actress), Emilie Capliez (director of La Comédie de Colmar - Center dramatique national), Barbara Cassin (philosopher ), Philip pe-Jean Catinchi (journalist), Grégory Cauvin (director of Carreau), Philippe Chamaux (deputy director of the Normandy-Rouen National Drama Center), Yannick Choirat (actor), François Cluzet (actor), Claire Ingrid Cottanceau (artist), Mathieu Cruciani (director of La Comédie de Colmar - Center dramatique national), Marc-André Dalbavie (composer), Didier Decoin (president of the Goncourt academy), Pierre-François Decouflé (producer), Yann Dedet (editor), Julie Deliquet ( director of TGP Saint-Denis), Didier Deschamps (director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot), Jérôme Deschamps (director), Arnaud Desplechin (filmmaker), Marie Desplechin (writer), Antoine Desrosières (filmmaker), Philippe Di Folco (writer ), Vincent Dissez (actor), Constance Dolle (actress), Arielle Dombasle (actress), Eva Doumbia (author), Laurent Dréano (director of the Maison de la Culture d'Amiens), Marie Drouin (president of Dieppe Scène nationale) , Jean-Marc Dumontet (product eur), Laurence Equilbey (conductor), Cédric Fassenet (director of Scènes du Jura), Philippe Faucon (filmmaker), Catherine Ferran (actress), Roland Jean Fichet (writer), Audrey Fleurot (actress), Marion Fouilland- Bousquet (director of Theater + Cinema), Alain Françon (director), Alain Fromager (actor), Guillaume Gallienne (member of the Comédie-Française), Laurent Gaudé (writer), Julie Gayet (actress), Joëlle Gayot ( journalist), Eric Génovèse (member of the Comédie-Française), Françoise Gillard (member of the Comédie-Française), Damien Godet (director of the Sud-Aquitain national scene), Grand Corps Malade (artist), Jean- Marc Grangier (director of La Comédie), Anouk Grinberg (actress), Baptiste Guiton (director France Culture), Pierre Hamon (musician), Régine Hatchondo (director of the National Book Center), Judith Henry (actress), Clément Hervieu-Léger (comedian member of the Comédie-Français e), Laurent Heynemann (filmmaker), Homéric (writer), Francis Huster (actor), Nancy Huston (writer), Victor Jacob (conductor), Daniel Jeanneteau (director of T2G - Center dramatique national de Gennevilliers), Philippe Joutard (historian), Gérard Jugnot (actor), Norah Krief (actress), Issam Krimi (composer), Koffi Kwahulé (author), Marie-Hélène Lafon (writer), Marc Lainé (director of the Comédie de Valence - Center dramatique national ), Benoît Lambert (director of the Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne - Center dramatique national), Georges Lavaudant (director), Vincent Léandri (director of the Théâtre de Cornouaille), Pierre-Yves Lenoir (co-director of the Célestins - Théâtre de Lyon), Thierry Lentz (historian), Christine Letailleur (director), Michaël Levinas (composer), Fabrice Luchini (actor), Alex Lutz (actor), Mathieu Maisonneuve (director of L'Usine - Center national des arts de la rue et de l ' public space and president of the CNARE association P), Macha Makeïeff (director of Théâtre La Criée in Marseille), André Markowicz (translator), Catherine Marnas (director of Théâtre national de Bordeaux in Aquitaine), Yannick Marzin (director of MA Scène nationale), Blandine Masson (director and director of fiction on France Culture), Sylvain Maurice (director of the Théâtre de Sartrouville - CDN), Mathilda May (director), Macha Méril (actress), Brahim Metiba (writer), Arnaud Meunier (director of the Maison de la Culture of Grenoble national scene), Marc Monnet (composer), Mathilde Monnier (choreographer), François Morel (actor), Pascal Morin (writer), Wajdi Mouawad (director of the Théâtre national de la Colline), Nagui (producer and host), Arthur Nauzyciel (director of the National Theater of Brittany), Dieudonné Niangouna (writer), Helena Noguerra (actress), Jacques Nolot (filmmaker), Stanislas Nordey (director of the National Theater of Strasbourg), Rachid Ouramdane (choreographer), Mélanie Page (com edienne), Célie Pauthe (director of the National Dramatic Center Besançon Franche-Comté), Christophe Pellet (author), Michelle Perrot (historian), Alain Perroux (director of the Opera national du Rhin), Hervé Pierre (actor and member of the Comédie -French), Jean Piret (director of Scènes du Jura), Denis Podalydès (actor and member of the Comédie-Française), Francesca Poloniato (director of ZEF), Sabine Prokhoris (philosopher), Sylvain Prudhomme (writer), Jean-Michel Puiffe (director of the Sénart Theater), Olivier Py (director of the Avignon Festival), Pascal Rambert (writer), Patrick Ranchain (director of the Bois de l'Aune theater), Christophe Rauck (director of the Nanterre Amandiers Theater), Alexis Rault ( composer), Philippe Rebbot (actor), Robin Renucci (director of Tréteaux de France), Jean-Michel Ribes (director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point), Falk Richter (writer and director), Olivier Rolin (writer), Catherine Rossi-Bâtot (director of LUX), Daniel de Rou let (writer), Cécile Roumiguière (author), Patrice Salsa (writer), Maurice Sartre (historian), Ambra Senatore (choreographer), Borja Sitja (director of L'Archipel), Jean-François Sivadier (director), Marie -Christine Soma (director and lighting designer), Claudia Stavisky (director of the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon), Laurent Stocker (actor and member of the Comédie Française), Benjamin Stora (historian), Abdellah Taïa (writer), Anne Tanguy (director des 2 Scènes), Sylvie Testud (actress), Laurent Theis (historian), Anne Théron (director), Sébastien Thiery (author), Guillaume de Tonquédec (actor), Dominique Valadié (actress), Sophie Van der Linden (novelist) ), Alain Viala (historian), Georges Vigarello (historian), Jacques Vincey (director of the Olympia Theater - Center dramatique de Tours), Reinhardt Wagner (composer), Jacques Weber (actor), Lambert Wilson (actor), Coraly Zahonero (actress member of the Comédie-Française).