The street, the crack, and how she got out of it ... the actress Elina Dumont tells

Listen to Code source, the news podcast of Le Parisien

On your smartphone or tablet, listen to Code source and subscribe to:

• Apple Podcast (iPhone, iPad)

• Google Podcast (Android)

• Podcast Addict or Castbox

• Deezer

• Spotify

Abstract.

Elina Dumont spent her childhood tossed between a foster family and homes.

When she turns 18, she must leave the home in which she is placed.

Then begins a long period during which Elina finds herself homeless.

She lived on the streets for 15 years, and it was during this time of her life that she discovered crack cocaine.

Very quickly, she becomes addicted to this drug.

While working as a switchboard operator in a newspaper, she was fired because of her absences too often.

When she thinks about sinking, an editorial journalist puts her in contact with the author and journalist Marie Desplechin, who lodges her against babysitting.

In contact with Marie Desplechin, Elisa takes care of herself, cultivates herself, and discovers the theater.

She then decides to embark on comedy and she writes her first play.

Today Elina has found accommodation and is completely out of her addiction.

Our reporter Ambre Rosala met her.

Listen to Source code on all audio platforms: Apple Podcast (iPhone, iPad), Google Podcast (Android), Podcast Addict or Castbox, Deezer, Spotify.

Credits.

Editorial management: Pierre Chausse - Editor-in-chief: Jules Lavie - Reporter: Ambre Rosala - Production: Raphaël Pueyo, Clara Garnier-Amouroux and Sarah Hamny - Production and mixing: Julien Montcouquiol - Music: François Clos, Audio Network, Epidemic Sound - Graphic identity: Upian.

About Source Code.

Source Code is Le Parisien's daily news podcast.

Stories told by the editorial staff or by those who have experienced them directly.

An appointment carried by the presenter Jules Lavie and the reporter Ambre Rosala, to find from Monday to Friday from 6 p.m. on LeParisien.fr or on the main listening platforms.

A comment ?

Email us at codesource@leparisien.fr or call us on Twitter (