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Clémence, 13, with Down's syndrome, actress in De Gaulle ... and dropped out of school

2020-03-04T06:15:52.045Z


PORTRAIT - On Facebook, Clémence's mother, who plays Anne de Gaulle in the film in theaters this Wednesday, is appealing for her daughter to return to school.


Clémence is not a teenager like the others. And this, for several reasons. This Wednesday, March 4, the film De Gaulle is released at the cinema, in which the youngest of a family of five children plays Anne, the general's daughter, who, like her, suffers from Down's syndrome. 'worry. For three months, the girl has been out of school. Near Le Figaro , Agnès Hittin, Clémence's mother, tells a long story about her daughter.

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In December 2006, two days after Clémence was born, her parents learned that she had Down's syndrome. “ My first reaction was relief. I was told that something was wrong, and I thought I was going to lose it. So when the diagnosis fell, yes, I was relieved: Clémence was going to live, ”says Agnès Hittin. Then come the " shock ", the "fear" and the necessary "mourning of the child we imagined", even if the faith of young parents, practicing Catholics, helps them to "keep confidence"

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Source: lefigaro

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