Le Figaro Bordeaux
The silence is breaking in the world of cinema.
Since the testimony of actress Judith Godrèche, an alleged victim of sexual assault at the hands of directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon around thirty years ago, a form of #MeToo has intruded into French cinema.
In this context, the environmentalist senator from Gironde Monique de Marco has just passed an amendment in the Senate, aimed at withdrawing public subsidies granted to producers convicted of sexist or sexual violence.
This amendment was added to a bill aimed at
“strengthening the film industry in France”
, adopted unanimously at first reading in the Senate on February 14.
The amendment made by the senator provides that, when acts of attack on physical or psychological integrity in the context of the production of a cinematographic work have been noted and criminally sanctioned, the National Center for Cinema and animated image (CNC) can
“withdraw the aid from which the production company has benefited”
.
This company will then have to reimburse the CNC for all the aid received.
Parliamentary shuttle
“Subsidies from the National Cinema Center will be withdrawn from production companies in the event of conviction for gender-based or sexual violence during filming. We're not giving up
,” said Monique de Marco on her X account (ex-Twitter), seeing in the adoption of this amendment at first reading a
“victory against sexist and sexual violence”
.
The bill thus amended was transmitted to the National Assembly.
The continuation of the parliamentary shuttle will determine whether this amendment is retained, the two chambers must now adopt this text of law in identical terms.