Currently at the heart of the controversy after the broadcast of the program Complément d’investigation on December 7, Gérard Depardieu received the support of 55 personalities from the artistic world in an open letter.
After the program Complément d’investigation dedicated to Gérard Depardieu broadcast on December 7, the actor’s family denounced an “unprecedented cabal”, taking up his defense. Today, it is the turn of 55 personalities to support the actor in a forum relayed by Le Figaro and titled “Don’t erase Gérard Depardieu.”
Gérard Depardieu is currently in legal turmoil, targeted by two complaints for rape and sexual assault. He also sparked heated controversy after the broadcast on France 2 of Complément d’investigation, a program in which he was seen making shocking remarks.
“Among the signatories of the platform are the director Bertrand Blierthe actresses Nathalie Baye, Carole Bouquet And Charlotte Ramplingplayers Jacques Weber, Peter Richard And Gérard Darmonas well as the singers Roberto Alagna, Carla Bruni, Arielle Dombasle and Jacques Dutronc”, writing The world.
“Gérard Depardieu is probably the greatest of actors. The last sacred monster of cinema. We can no longer remain silent in the face of the lynching that falls on him, in the face of the torrent of hatred that pours out on his person, without nuance, in the most complete amalgam and in defiance of a presumption of innocence from which he would have benefited, like everyone else, if he were not the giant of cinema that he is”declare these artists in this forum.
“When we attack Gérard Depardieu in this way, it is art that we attack. Through his genius as an actor, Gérard Depardieu contributes to the artistic influence of our country. Whatever happens, no one will never be able to erase the indelible trace of his work which our era is forever marked by. The rest, everything else, concerns justice; only justice. Exclusively”estimate these 55 personalities.
Emmanuel Macron discusses the Depardieu affair
On Wednesday, December 20, President Emmanuel Macron, for his part, mentioned a “manhunt”. “Depardieu made France, our great authors, our great characters known throughout the world; he made France proud”he declared on the set of C à vous on France 5.
“There are sometimes outbursts over comments made, I am wary of the context, I understood that there were controversies over the words which were out of step with the images”he explained, evoking a controversial passage from Complément d’investigation where Depardieu is seen making obscene remarks and sexualizing a little girl riding a pony.
Faced with allegations of image manipulation, “a bailiff, justice commissioner and hearing officer at the Council of State and the Court of Cassation, mandated by France Télévisions, established a report after viewing the images of the filming in Korea used in this extract”noted France Info. Thus, the bailiff was able to authenticate the veracity of these images.
“Usually, we do not show our rushes to anyone, not even to the courts, because this is a matter of source secrecy. But in this context of an avalanche of fake news of which the Complément d’investigation show is the victim, we have decided to exceptionally show them to a bailiff to attest to the rigor of our work”said Tristan Waleckx, the host of the show.