Both are claimed heirs of the New Wave, admirers of Godard, Truffaut, Rohmer and Chabrol, and they embodied French auteur cinema for several decades.
A prolific cinema, not necessarily very popular in theaters, unaccustomed to overwhelming box offices, but subscribing to cinephile magazines, festivals, and honors.
And with often prestigious castings.
Today, Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon find themselves the target of a complaint from Judith Godrèche for rape of a 15-year-old minor.
Accusations that the two filmmakers deny.
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Also implicated for violence by other actresses in Le Monde, Benoît Jacquot had Judith Godrèche film in “Les Mendiants” in 1988 and “La Désenchantée” in 1990 and maintained an affair with the actress between the ages of 14 and when he was 20 (he was 39 to 45).
Jacques Doillon directed the actress in “La Fille de 15 ans” in 1989. It was during this filming, according to Godrèche, that he was guilty of sexual abuse.
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