For years, the affair between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow has divided and stirred.
“When I was seven, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dark attic on the second floor of our house.
He told me to lie down on my stomach (…) Then he sexually assaulted me
”, told Dylan Farrow in 2014, biological daughter of actress Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen.
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"did not make sense"
Allen vs. Farrow, a
four-part documentary series from February 21 on HBO, looks back at the accusations of sexual abuse against the Oscar-winning filmmaker, as well as the trauma caused to the family.
It traces the trials, the legal battle for custody of the children, and the relationship between Woody Allen and Soon-Yi, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, 35 years his junior.
But the documentary promises to bring a fresh look at this affair with the many scandals, explains
Variety
magazine
.
Thus it is based on unpublished legal documents, and on exclusive interviews with Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow, and his brother Ronan Farrow.
The directors of this project, Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, also called in witnesses, investigators, and family friends.
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The romance between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow ended in 1992, when the latter learned of the relationship between her husband and her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Prévin.
At the same time, Dylan Farrow, the couple's biological daughter, accuses her father of sexual assault at the age of 7.
Here begins an unprecedented legal battle between the two spouses, fighting in particular for the custody of their children.
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If Woody Allen has always denied the facts, the documentary attempts to highlight the impact of these allegations on his reputation as well as on his work.
Dropped by Amazon in 2019 for the distribution of his film
A Rainy Day in New York
, neglected by its actors, some of whom will refuse to touch their fees like Timothée Chalamet, Woody Allen published his memoir last year with
Apropos of Nothing
, in order to to cleanse his honor of the acts with which he is accused.
At the time of the accusations of their daughter, two judicial inquiries had yet exonerated the Oscar-winning director, notifying that "
Dylan was not sexually abused by Woody Allen
".
In his book, he settles his accounts with his ex-wife, whom he accuses of mistreating his children and manipulating their daughter Dylan, driven by a devastating grudge.
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