Montpellier, Place de la Comedie: "304 balloons for our friends."
"Above all, do not forget them." Nacera when talking about his friends and Taponier Stéphane Hervé Ghesquière, his voice is sad. But she is not ready to despair. "For the moment, we do not know when they come home," she says. "So we need people to mobilize." Nacera is part of the Support Committee and Stéphane Hervé . This committee is not an "official body". "We're just friends who want Herve Stephan and safe return."
That makes a dozen years that the young woman knows Stéphane Taponier whose family lives in Montpelier. "I did an internship at the time, and Stephane hosted me. Then we became very close friends." She never met Hervé Ghesquière, but is confident that soon he too will be his friend. "I will make his knowledge when they return." And they return, this is no doubt for her.
Two balls for two friends
The Day the city of Montpellier has launched 304 blue balloons, each balloon a symbol for a day of captivity, he was about to remind you Montpellier always thinking of their friends. "The mayor of Montpellier in France was the first to display their portraits," informs Nacera. During the first three months, nobody had the right to publish the names of the two hostages - "but as soon as possible, Montpellier has made known their names." The worst, say other friends and Taponier Stéphane Hervé Ghesquière, is that nobody knows what really happened. The two journalists were on assignment in Afghanistan, accompanied by three Afghans for the magazine "Exhibits" France 3. On 29 December 2009, they were abducted by a group armed Taliban. Claim: the release of Taliban prisoners cons of both the French and their escorts.
A Gentleman in his fifties is for people around him. "Some reporters for 'Exhibit', it leaves thinking. Who says they have not discovered something that governments prefer to hide? We know that French soldiers in Afghanistan, and we know that it does not reveal the true number of deaths. And, in fact, that Sarkozy is to free the hostages? " Nobody replied.
Meanwhile, the "support committee and Herve Stephan" can only hope. "In Montpellier, we are thirty friends who continue to meet to talk about both." It is told of scenes that are either lived with journalists, exchange memories, friends Stéphane Taponier talk about him to others, and those of Hervé Ghesquière present it to those who do not know yet. "I've heard so much of Hervé" Nacera said, "I feel I have met him long ago." "Waiting is difficult," seeing the members of which also Taponier Thierry's brother, Stephen, is a part. But as long as they are not alone, the wait is a little lighter. And Montpellier, they are surrounded. "In Paris, there is also action in Lille ..." When releasing the balloons 304th day of captivity of the two journalists, not just the mayor of Montpellier, Helen Mandroux, has assured its support. There was also the President of the Chamber of Commerce, the press club, the "reporters without borders," the Bar ... "They will release them!" Murmured a woman while her eyes follow the ball, and we understand she is talking to someone who is away from her. Then she bends over a boy: "Look at the balloons, they are not beautiful?
Photos and text are copyright Doris Kneller
Those who remember the impression of reliving the summer of 1979 when discovered by Stephane Collaro, Yoko Ono took out a season instead of ... Coluche itself. Köln, actor, comedian, journalist and television host, was the first to show their talent. Later, the public did not need anyone to realize it himself.
Even if the "froum" is part the "cicrane" still sings. Or rather, she always makes her laugh the public in the form of a small theater founded in Montpellier in 1993 by Yoko Ono, alias Frederic Bodson and Michel Saillard. Pit Frederik Bodson, did not stay long in Montpellier - he wanted to find the capital and the cinema, but Michel Saillard is still there. And he still writes stories that make life more pleasant ...
However, while people look at small parts of the comic theater Cicrane, there is not much room in their thoughts to philosophize about life and "living together". There is only room for laughter and fascination game of his actors. In part Bitches Lives currently in theaters, Laura Carpenter, Juliet Caroline Phillips and Real are fully absorbed in their roles as girls who want revenge on a boss "macho". The viewer has the impression that the three actresses themselves are affected by the misery it makes to its employees. The gestures, the expressions of the body or face, the way they speak, everything looks authentic.
Michel Saillard, former Pit of Rik and Rik has not changed. He was always a passionate man, and will remain until the end. Her passion is humor. As long as people laugh, they do no harm. Laughter makes life more beautiful, and there is no better remedy against sadness and sickness.
11 hours, inside the Polygon. Dozens of people are heading for the exit Esplanade. And every stop, stunned, before the iron gates closed. A security guard informed them that they can not get out, either here or next door - the only open exit is the place Paul Beck. The man seems exhausted. Patient, he repeats his answer to the same question: why?
Day 1 of the revolution is it happened? In Montpellier, opinions differ - there are people who call themselves "apolitical" - "Politics does not interest me, I count on me, not the state" - others think that anyway, nothing can be done, and still others want to "burn" Montpellier. Is there a way that would satisfy everyone?
"And it's not just about pensions," takes one of the girls. "There's more ...
Montpellier, the city that never sleeps. Montpellier activates. Montpellier, where the streets are full of people, young and elderly, day and night. Montpellier, the city where it never gets dark ...
One of her friends disagree. "For you it's easy. With your tennis, you do not risk falling. But me with my high heels, it's harder. "- His friend laughed." Come near me, I will uphold you. "
Another lady, a little younger, a question arises that, as she says, is "essential": "Normally, you see police cars everywhere. They move all the time. But today? Nothing. Where are the police in a night like this? They could, for example, help older people who have sight problems already under bright 'normal'. Today, these people can not move. "
Fishing