She has recently become the face of Me Too cinema in France, and she does not intend to stop there.
According to information from the newspaper
Le Parisien
, published on February 20, Judith Godrèche plans to speak on the César stage this Friday, February 23.
The ceremony, which will take place at the Olympia from 8:45 p.m., will be broadcast on Canal +.
We should then see the 51-year-old actress go on stage to give a speech on sexual and gender-based violence in cinema.
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The revival of Me Too cinema
The actress filed a complaint against the director Benoît Jacquot for acts of “violent rape of a minor under 15 years old by a person in authority” and against the director Jacques Doillon for “rape of a minor under 15 years old”.
Since then, an investigation targeting the two filmmakers has been opened by the Paris prosecutor's office.
But if the courts took up these cases, so did French actresses, thus relaunching the Mee Too movement in French cinema.
Following in the footsteps of Judith Godrèche, Anna Mouglalis and Isild le Besco also spoke out against Jacques Doillon.
The first detailed in Le
Monde
a sexual assault of which she said she was the victim in 2011. The other denounces a form of sexual blackmail by Jacques Doillon in 2000, when she hoped to star in the film
Carrément à l'ouest
, released in 'Next year.
Portrait of the Caesars on fire
If Judith Godrèche plans to denounce sexist and sexual violence during the César Awards, let us remember that this is not the first time that a wind of feminism has blown through this ceremony.
On February 28, 2020, Adèle Haenel left the theater after director Roman Polanski was awarded the César for best director for his film
J'accuse.
From the gesture of the actress, Virginie Despentes had created a slogan: “From now on, we get up and leave”.
That year too, a few personalities followed in the footsteps of Adèle Haenel, including Aïssa Maïga and Leïla Slimani.
As for my mistress of ceremonies, Florence Foresti, she did not return to the stage and had posted a word on her Instagram account: “disgusted”.