Retirement home residents make music video

Film has been viewed tens of thousands of times since it was posted on Youtube

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Published Thursday 24 January 2019 - 12:36 Modified Thursday 24 January 2019 - 12:36

Residents at a retirement home have created an online music video that has been viewed tens of thousands of times.

The residents of the home in Parentis-en-Born, Landes, helped by music therapist Gilles Raoul, took nearly a year to make the video, of Nino Ferrer's song Je vends des robes - which has been enjoyed by more than 55,000 viewers since it was posted on Youtube.

Several took part in the video, performing lines from the song, or playing instruments.

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