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François, Renée, Gisèle, Sylvain. Ces seniors n'ont pas grand-chose en commun, mais leur vie est marquée par des épisodes d'abandon, de rejet ou de peur. Certains vivent encore dans l'invisibilité, la crainte du regard des autres. La solitude pèse. Pour d'autres, la séropositivité fatigue le corps, la vieillesse arrive plus vite. Puis il y a un espoir : celui d'une maison, à Lyon, où l'on pourra être enfin soi-même. Où il sera possible de vieillir sans jamais plus se planquer.Il y a cette famille qu'on se choisit. La sensation qu'un nouveau chapitre s'ouvre, le dernier, plein des promesses, et l'audace de toutes ces premières fois qu'on s'autorise enfin, si tard. Mais quand il s'agit de devenir visible, les craintes d'une vie ne sont jamais loin. Et viennent tirer nos Audacieux·ses de leur rêve : faut-il sauter le pas ?
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00:00The first sexual encounter I had was with a musician from the Capitol Orchestra and I was so excited and
00:08carried away, but this romantic adventure that I decided to come out to my parents and say, okay.
00:19Mom, I like boys, so as an artist, she understood.
00:24She said, okay, but wait dad, this is going to be a little harder.
00:30And especially with my siblings, my older brother and sister who weren't as loving as I could have hoped during
00:36the difficult times when I learned that there was another virus that had invaded my body called HIV.
00:44And that was at the age of 28 with a life expectancy of four or five years and by setting,
00:50I setting foot in the house of diversity.
00:55I hope to be able to find in a chosen family context, the brotherhood, the love of a brotherhood that
01:04I did not have during my childhood and adolescence.
01:07Thank you. Thank you.
01:11A year ago, at one point, I found myself in a park and then unfortunately I had a nasty encounter
01:16with three people with iron bars.
01:19They threw me to the ground. They beat me up. It was in the dark.
01:24It was short but violent, very violent.
01:27And they hit my legs.
01:31So for me, it was still difficult because as a dancer, my legs are a bit like my work tool,
01:35leg work tool.
01:38And I came back in front of the students without showing anything.
01:42And that was the strength of character that I had from this difficult job that I had to tell myself
01:46that I have to be strong.
01:47Once again, I have to be strong.
01:56And in a way, I take my revenge on stage by showing that they will never crush us.
02:04Even with iron bars.
02:06Yes.
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