French actress Judith Godrèche This Thursday, he called for the creation of a commission of inquiry into the violence sexual in it cinea cause in which she has become a reference in her country after denouncing that two directors, Jacques Doillon and Benoît Jacquot, abused her when she was a minor.
Godrèche made this request in the Senatewhere she was invited to speak about her case before a delegation in charge of ensuring the rights Women’s.
The 51-year-old actress demanded reforms in the operation of the industryespecially focused on the protection of minors, such as the obligation to have an intimacy ‘coach’ for scenes of sex or that minors have companions “at all stages of participation” in the films.
“Through the small sociedad of the cine I also talk about the sociedad in general,” Godrèche told the press upon leaving the Upper House.
The interpreter and voice of ‘MeToo‘ French He also demanded the withdrawal from his position of Dominique Boutonnat, the director of the National Cinematography Center (CNC). Frenchwhich is the public body that is responsible for regulating, promoting and supporting the industry French audiovisual.
The latter has been implicated in 2021 in a case, still to be judged, of alleged assault sexual to his 21 year old godson –accusations which he denies – but he resumed his duties in mid-2022 at the head of the CNC despite the indignation of feminist associations.
Godrèche’s intervention in the Senate came six days after his applauded speech in the 49th edition of the awards Césarthe most important of the cine Frenchwhich in recent months has experienced a veritable barrage of complaints and accusations public due to cases of assaults sexual relations, rape and abuse of power in the industry.
GodrecheSpecifically, she revealed that the directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon abused her in the late eighties, when she was still adolescent.
One of the episodes occurred during the filming of Jacques Doillon’s film “The fifteen year old girl“, which premiered in 1989, in which she starred alongside Melvil Poupaud and Jacques Doillon himself, who at that time was in his forties and played actor.
Unexpectedly, the director included in the script a scene of sex between the actress adolescent and the actor-director for whom “45 takes” were made.
Regarding Jacquot, other actresses also joined the accusations of assaults sexual relations once Godrèche shared his complaint.
Another high profile case has been that of Gérard Depardieusued by five women and publicly accused for more than a fortnight since 2023, in addition to recordings having come to light that revealed behaviors blatantly rude and sexist.
Figures such as the actor Samuel Theis, who interprets al husband died mysteriously in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, a film whose success has been celebrated from Cannes to Hollywood.
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2024-02-29 17:20:43
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