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If someone would have told me that one day I would film the magical hand ball player Luc Abalo, at the salon of a hairdresser who looks like Snoop Dogg, I would have NEVER believed it !!!

Luc, if you summarize him, has everything going for him: he’s beautiful, he has talent, he’s unique, he’s courageous, he’s an artist ( painter, photographer) we love, we love!

I was lucky to not only meet him but also his entourage, his agent, his twin friend Rémi that you see in the video, but also his mom. He told me a thousand things about his path, from the tiny apartment in Ivry, where the four of them lived with his mom, brother and sister. Hi beginning playing hand ball, the support from his hometown, his life as a professional player ( I find it mind boggling to have to be at the very top of your physical ability…all the time)( you must sleep well all the time, eat right all the time, trainall the time, play well all the time)( a monastic life)( or close to it) I was touched by it all.

And I was also touched to see how beautiful France is…

What a beautiful man this Luc Abalo!

Serge Gainsbourg – Baudelaire

Si on m’avait dit un jour que je filmerais le handballeur magique qu’est Luc Abalo, chez un coiffeur qui ressemble à Snoop Dogg, je l’aurais JAMAIS cru!!!!

Luc, si tu résumes, il a tout pour lui : il est beau, il est talentueux, il est singulier, il est courageux, il est artiste (peintre, photographe)… on adore, on adore!

J’ai eu la chance de le rencontrer lui, mais aussi son entourage, son agent, son ami-jumeau Rémi que l’on croise dans la vidéo, mais sa mère aussi. Il m’a raconté mille choses sur son parcours, depuis le minuscule appartement d’Ivry, où ils vivent à 4, avec sa mère, son frère et sa soeur. Ses débuts en hand, le soutien de sa ville, sa vie de sportif de haut niveau (c’est un truc de malade je trouve de devoir être au max de sa condition physique… tout le temps)(il faut dormir tout le temps, manger bien tout le temps, s’entrainer tout le temps, jouer bien tout le temps)(une vie de moine)(ou presque). ça m’a émue tout ça,

et ça m’a touchée aussi de voir comme la France est belle…

mais qu’il est beau Luc Abalo!

Serge Gainsbourg – Baudelaire