Julien Pichené, with Solène Delinger
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10:19 a.m., December 12, 2023
Manuel Alduy, director of cinema at France Télévisions, said that we should “no longer celebrate Gérard Depardieu” since the broadcast of the “Additional investigation” into the actor, accused of rape and sexual assault. France Télévisions will therefore review its broadcast plans.
Will Gérard Depardieu’s films continue to be broadcast on France Télévisions? This Tuesday morning, we can read in a column written by Hélène Devynck for Release that no”. But, did she understand the words of Manuel Alduy, director of cinema at France Télévisions?
A confusion in the interpretation?
A confusion might perhaps have been fueled by our colleagues from the people site Audience, who claims to have read a press release from France Télévisions to this effect on Saturday. A press release that Europe 1 was unable to obtain.
France TV will “review its broadcast plans”
Manuel Alduy wanted to clarify things Monday evening. He indicated that his position had not changed since the comments made on the show Further investigation, broadcast Thursday evening. Namely, and there is perhaps a nuance, that it was simply no longer necessary to “celebrate the actor” and that France Télévisions was going to “review its broadcast plans”. It remains to be seen what precisely “reviewing your distribution plans” means…