After the “Depardieu affair” and the complaints filed by actress Judith Godrèche against directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, the subject of sexual violence in the cinema sector is now unavoidable. The actress Valérie Lemercier therefore agreed to discuss it with our colleagues at Paris Match.
The future president of the 49th edition of the Césars (February 23, 2024, at the Olympia in Paris) after having been, on three occasions, the mistress of ceremonies, begins by wondering: “My role consists of relaxing, amuse […] Does more or less indignation make sense? “. Before rejoicing in the fact that “everything is done to ensure that things are said”.
Then the unforgettable Dame Frénégonde de Pouille from the film Visitors (1993) returns to the “Depardieu affair”, about which she had not yet expressed herself, fearing a “confusion of genres”: “Many people mix everything up in this affair, she regrets. There is no point in deciding for or against a matter that concerns, above all, justice. And, of course, the victims! “.
Referring to the recent statements of Judith Godrèche (who filed a complaint for “rape with violence against a minor under 15 years old”), the actress wonders: “in the case of abuse of children, I cannot “stop me from wondering where the parents were at the time of the incident.” A widely shared way of kicking in, to the point that Judith Godrèche declared to Mediapart that her parents “did not give their consent for me to be raped”, recalls Paris Match.
Our “sexual violence” file
Whatever the case, Valérie Lemercier says she appreciates this freedom of speech. “Thanks to those who had the guts to speak out, no one can any longer not know what is being done – or what is not being done – in the world of cinema… as elsewhere.”
2024-02-15 13:38:05
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