On Monday June 22, 2020, the cinemas finally reopened after many weeks of closure. For the occasion, Sara Forestier was the guest of the morning of France Inter. The actress spoke to promote her latest film called Girls of joy. But the 33-year-old actress also took the opportunity to address the sensitive subject of domestic violence. In this new feature film, the one that was revealed in The Dodge in 2004 plays a brothel prostitute over whom her husband exercises physical and mental violence. A role that seems to have awakened old demons. "What really motivated me is unique and it's true, that, what the character was going through, I was going through him in life. I was just getting out of a relationship – I thought I was out, but not really -, with a man who was violent", revealed the actress, cesarized in 2011 for Name of people.
Sara Forestier confides in this ex who hit her
The actress with a strong temperament spoke of this terrible relationship that could have led her to the peaks of domestic violence. "I went to the hospital to make observations of the injuries, which allowed me to have evidence to be able to file a complaint against this boy", she said. The young woman also confirmed that speech had largely been freed in recent months:"it helps and it saves people". Sara Forestier explained that she had changed the way she reacted."When I was a teenager, I had a friend who was beaten by her husband, and I couldn't react. (…) When it happened to me, I started to have good reflexes. (…) If today I had a friend who was in the same situation, I would take her to do handrails, because I know that it is useful for something", she added.
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