The various cases of rape and sexual assault which have divided French cinema for several months will be featured during the highly anticipated César ceremony on Friday February 23. A currently highly publicized actress has already confirmed that she will give a speech in this very particular context.
It is on Friday February 23 that the César ceremony will take place, the 49th which will reward the films released in cinemas in 2023, as well as the actors, directors, screenwriters, editors or musicians to name a few. The list of nominees has already been known for several weeks and places the films Anatomy of a Fall and The Animal Kingdom in the lead. However, will they be the two big winners of this evening chaired by Valérie Lemercier and hosted collectively with Diane Kruger, Juliette Binoche, Dany Boon, Benoît Magimel and Bérénice Bejo.
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Another personality who has been evolving for many years in the world of French cinema could well cause a sensation, or at least capture all the attention that evening. This is what reveals The Parisian on Tuesday February 20, echoing the various cases of rape and sexual assault from which controversies are emerging and which divide the film industry.
Judith Godrèche intervenes in the middle of a media storm
Indeed, according to our colleagues, Judith Godrèche will speak during the evening planned at the Olympia and broadcast live (and unencrypted) on Canal +, like every year. Her speech should undoubtedly revolve around this “sexual and sexist violence” to which she herself was affected several years ago. The actress, now aged 51, denounced last month a controlling relationship that began at the very end of the 1980s with director Benoît Jacquot, on the set of his film Les mendiantes. She has since increased the number of interviews to raise awareness among the younger generation of actresses and warn them of the suffering that could affect them throughout their career, at the same time as she filed a complaint against Benoît Jacquot.
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Recently, Noé Boon’s mother also accused Jacques Doillon, Jane Birkin’s ex-companion, of having attacked her when she was just a teenager, causing trouble and inciting other women to attack him. follow suit as Gérard Depardieu himself finds himself facing justice after several complaints filed against him for rape and sexual assault as well. This is the case of Isild Le Besco and Anna Mouglalis.
Judith Godrèche soon to be heard by the Senate
The emotion and tension should therefore be palpable at the time of Judith Godrèche’s appearance on the Olympia stage on February 23. But they should also be the following week, February 29 more precisely, since the actress is expected in the Senate to discuss her experience with statesmen.
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This is what confirms The world specifying that “the delegation for women’s rights and equal opportunities between men and women” would receive Judith Godrèche from 9 a.m. that day and that the session would be broadcast on television on Public Senate. “Hearing her testimony is important, because the members of the delegation are working to ensure that the situations of violence against minors that she describes no longer happen and are punished,” the president of the delegation and Senator Dominique Vérien has already said.
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