This Sunday, at 11:20 p.m., M6 offers the first of two episodes of
Robbers
, a documentary in which six men formerly committed to organized crime indulge themselves.
The project is produced by Karine Le Marchand and took about three years to complete.
"We selected former robbers who all had a share of redemption," certifies the host.
Organized crime, millions of euros stolen and years spent in prison. So many common points shared by David, Nunzio, Gérard, Khaled, Raymond and François. These six former thugs are at the heart of
Robbers
, broadcast this Sunday evening at 11:20 pm on M6. The documentary, produced and narrated by Karine Le Marchand, gives voice to these men who have committed violent robberies, burglaries, bank and van attacks.
The host of
L'amour est dans le pré
had the idea for this project three years ago when she discovered restorative justice, an initiative that has been tested in Belgium in particular, the aim of which is to put victims in touch with each other. and the perpetrators of the crime they committed.
"I try to make people talk, to give them the floor when they are not used to always giving it without judging and without a presupposed point of view", testifies Karine Le Marchand during a press videoconference .
"There is one who was great but got arrested for a robbery"
If this documentary in two parts was difficult to put together, it is in particular because we had to convince people to testify with their faces uncovered. For this, the director Delphine Cinier spent several weeks with them, without her camera, to tame them and expose them to the vision of her work, namely "to understand the origins of evil without necessarily being in the cliché of difficult childhood and understand why we come to this. "
In addition to their numerous robberies, the six men selected to participate in the project all had to show "a share of redemption", assures Karine Le Marchand who also met people who had no hindsight on their actions and their consequences on the victims. victims.
“And then, there are others that have been left on the way because they notably fell back.
There is one who was great but got arrested for a robbery, ”recalls the host.
Do not fall into heroisation
“At the beginning, when I met them the first time, they scared me very much,” says Delphine Cinier. The director therefore had to overcome her fears and overcome her prejudices to go through with it, without however falling into fascination and glorification. “You had to show what a robbery was. Obviously, there is a cinematographic side, ”she defends herself.
“In no way, there is glorification in the documentary, adds Jonathan Curiel, deputy director general of the programs of M6, W9 and 6ter. We are in a logic of regret and remorse for what they could have done, not in an epic of robbers. "For that, the two episodes describe the periods of splendor of the robbers, speaks of the millions they hold in their hands but also brings a counterbalance thanks to the presence of Jean-François Maugard, former of the Brigade of repression of banditry .
“These are people who have brewed millions and are struggling.
There is not one that is extremely rich, easy.
I'm not sure it's that heroic, ”concludes Karine Le Marchand.
After being sentenced to terms ranging from 18 to 70 years in prison, former robbers do not live in a villa counting their tickets.
Today, they are trying to resume a normal life, while transmitting a message of prevention through poems, shows or this documentary.
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