After ten years spent in the United States, Judith Godrèche is back.
Her series
Icon of French Cinema
,
produced by Arte, served as a detonator: on the occasion of its broadcast, the actress denounced the impunity of two directors who allegedly abused her when she was a minor.
Tired of having seen them praised by critics for more than thirty years, she broke the law of silence and caused a powerful shock wave.
On February 7, she filed a complaint against Benoît Jacquot for “violent rape of a minor under the age of 15”.
A few days later, she also accused another star director, Jacques Doillon, aged 79, of sexual violence.
The former muse of French auteur cinema has never been so convincing.
“I was a child, I was 14, he was 39. At the time, my relationship with
Benoît Jacquot
posed no questions to society.
No one has expressed any reservations or indignation,
she confides to
Figaro Magazine
before asking questions
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