Praised by more than ten million spectators with his film “A little thing more”, Artus intends to transform the essay to change the lives of people with disabilities, whose cause he pleaded to the Senate this Tuesday .
Artus dreams of creating inclusive holiday centers for people with disabilities, a bit like the stay in the countryside during which “A little thing in more” was filmed. A star director since the historic success of his comedy released in May, he is more accustomed to theaters, where he continues to perform stand-up, than to the salons of the Palais du Luxembourg.
Holiday centers “A little something extra”
Before the debate, he explained to the press how he was setting up his “foundation”: “The goal is that “A Little Something Extra” holiday centers exist.” “We are thinking about it. I would like there to be a mix. I would like there to be able-bodied young people with young people with disabilities, because I think that the more we are mixed, the more commonplace it will become,” he continued.
“We are already looking for locations. Afterwards, there will be work (…) I would like it to go quickly,” he said, wanting accessible and “beautiful” premises: “I want there to be a real Club Med feel, luxury hotel. (…) I want us to stop rhyming the medicalized with the murky.”
A dig at the delegate minister
Artus targeted, with a smile, the Minister Delegate in charge of People with Disabilities, Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq, present in the room. She had to wait a few days after the rest of the government to be appointed, her position having not originally been planned.
“The goal, for me, is to trivialize disability. We have trivialized it, since we even forget to appoint ministers to this position! So, we’re on the right path,” Artus quipped. Questioned by AFP upon her arrival, the minister agreed that this two-stage appointment “sent the wrong message”. “The mistake, I think, has been corrected. And now, let’s move forward! “, she added.
Artus’ first directorial film, “Un p’tit truc en plus” aims to laugh with people who experience a disability, and not at their expense. Around ten disabled amateur actors respond to the cast of professionals, including Clovis Cornillac and Artus, who play two little thugs hidden in the middle of a summer camp for young people with mental disabilities.