Published by La Voix Le Bocage on April 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The cinema-audiovisual option at Marie-Curie high school in Vire Normandie is currently facing the threat of removal. Following Jeanne Marchalot’s testimony, Hanna Ladoul has also agreed to speak out.
From Normandy to film sets Hanna Ladoul is currently scouting in La Réunion for her next feature film, “De nature humaine.” A project that marks a journey from the Paris region to the Bocage virois.
The director recounts growing up between these two worlds before settling in Campeaux at the age of 13. “My mother fell in love with Normandy,” she says, before opening a podiatry practice, firmly rooting the family in this rural area.
A passionate start in rural surroundings It was at the Collège du Bény-Bocage that her passion for cinema was born. Her history and geography teacher, Jean-Pierre Dupré, introduced her to the discipline, enhanced by the input of Youri Deschamps, a former cinema option student who is now the editor of the “Éclipses” magazine and a lecturer at the University of Caen. Leaving the Paris region to settle in Campeaux can be seen as a significant cultural shift. However, it is in this context that an unexpected path opens up: that of cinema. The initiation continues in Vire, where a cinema-audiovisual option offers “demanding teaching, a rare option in rural areas, now threatened with removal.”
A demanding education This journey quickly proves to be crucial. Admission to the Cannes Journalism School (EJC), which only accepts about twenty students from hundreds of applications, is a first recognition.
“This experience was a significant asset during my admission process, especially in the interview,” says Hanna Ladoul.
She also emphasizes the quality of the education she received in Vire. According to her, the level acquired allowed her, at the end of her two years of DUT, to directly join the third year of cinema license at the Sorbonne University of Arts.
Bridges to the professional world The Angers Premier Plans festival, in which the students of the option participate, is an initial opening to the professional world. Hanna Ladoul describes it as “a very qualitative festival.” It is here that she meets, along with Arielle Leva, an actor’s agent who also went through the option, the director Cyprien Vial. A decisive encounter. Cyprien Vial becomes a reference figure for her, to whom she can turn for advice or internships.
Returning to Vire and passing on knowledge Even today, the director maintains a connection with her training ground. For each new film, she presents it at the Le Basselin cinema in Vire. She meets the cinema option students, extending a chain of transmission to which she now belongs, and that she sees as fragile today. She remembers being a student, a few years ago, when she attended the visit of director Cédric Anger, a former student of the Marie-Curie high school option, who came to present “Le Tueur” in 2007.
Behind the image, “Dozens of professions” In another context, Hanna Ladoul aims to deconstruct some preconceptions.
“Filmmaking, in reality, involves dozens of professions.”
Writing, filming, production, post-production: all jobs often invisible to the public. She also stresses the importance of the sector, widely underestimated and often unknown in terms of job opportunities.
“The film and audiovisual industry form a major economic entity, whose importance is comparable to that of the automotive industry,” she adds.
A crucial issue for the region For Hanna Ladoul, the existence of such an option remains essential. She underlines its vitality, which makes the high school and the city a true cultural anchor point in rural areas, now under threat.
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