Tourette de France

Tourette de France Synopsis

Keith Allen teams up with a party of teenagers from the Tourette Scotland support group, and travels with them to France on a red Routemaster bus. Led by John Davidson, star of John's Not Mad, the group's ultimate goal is a visit to the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris, to see for themselves the place where the condition was first diagnosed, back in late 19th century. As well as debunking the myriad preconceptions about the syndrome, Keith Allen's Tourette De France looks at the humorous side of society's reaction to Tourettes. By turns funny and touching, it gives the viewer a rare insight into a group of normal, likeable and occasionally mischievous teenagers who are managing to live fulfilling and rewarding lives, depite the bizarre hand that fate has dealt them.