“What Judith Godrèche is talking about is a matter for the Assize Court, it is not a matter for the Caesars
. ”
Questioned on the set of BFM Business this Wednesday, February 22, Nicolas Seydoux, president of the supervisory board of Gaumont, spoke about the speaking of the actress Judith Godrèche during the 49th César ceremony, scheduled for this Friday at Olympia.
He believes that the speech that Judith Godrèche will give on the subject of sexist and sexual violence in cinema - according to information from Le
Parisien
- has no place in this ceremony.
The choice that was made by the César Academy
“would not have been mine
,” he said.
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“I don’t think Depardieu violated”
Nicolas Seydoux assures that he is
“absolutely unaware”
of the facts reported by Judith Godrèche and recalls that Jacques Doillon and Benoît Jacquot, accused by the director of rape and sexual assault, have never worked with Gaumont.
However, the 84-year-old producer judges that
“what is happening in the cinema”
is
“absolutely scandalous”
and must be
“absolutely condemned”
.
He is also in favor of freeing speech.
“The #MeToo movement highlights all of this and we need to talk about it
,” he assures.
But he wonders:
“should we talk about it that day?
»
Nicolas Seydoux also spoke about the Gérard Depardieu affair.
The actor is accused of rape and sexual assault by around ten women, and has been controversial since the broadcast of serious and sexist remarks in a program of
Complément d'investigation
.
“If he violated, he will be condemned
,” said Nicolas Seydoux.
“But I don’t think that Gérard Depardieu raped.
On the other hand, it is established that he makes provocative remarks, but that does not make him a criminal, we must not mix the subjects
,” he said.
And the ex-boss of Gaumont concluded:
“I fear that if we looked at a certain number of very old directors, we would find many, starting with Alfred Hitchcock, not to mention him.”