“Blood wedding”: this is the title of the episode of
OPJ
which will be broadcast this evening at 9:10 p.m. on France 3, where Armelle Deutsch plays the wife of a police officer and the mother of a suspect of the investigation. In this story, it is a question of domestic violence, an important subject for the actress who also played a character victim of this violence in
Léo Matteï: minors' brigade
on TF1.
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“It’s something that touches me
,” confides Armelle Deutsch, before revealing that she escaped this type of violence.
“When I was younger, I put an end to it very quickly. I was given the weapons not to fall into this trap of manipulation, or narcissistic perversion.”
The person concerned remembers the beginning of abusive behavior:
“When I started to get pushed around by a former boyfriend, I said to myself “there, that’s it, it’s over, I’m done.” go.""
Also read: Armelle Deutsch (Harassed): “Harassment is taboo in all circles”
As the word becomes clearer in the audiovisual sector, Armelle Deutsch speaks about her experience alongside Gérard Depardieu, with whom she filmed
The Closet
and
Shut Up.
“
I don’t know if I’m legitimate to talk about that, because it went very well with me,”
begins the person concerned.
“But I’ve always heard a lot of things,”
she concedes
. “He’s someone who is vulgar, that can’t be denied, I’ve seen it too.”
“
I have never been a victim of anything, but a witness”
Armelle Deutsch
Armelle Deutsch also makes an observation on these accusations:
“We are making the decision to attack the monument, to the genius actor Depardieu. (...) If we are here, it is because those who are “a little smaller” will drop like flies,”
assures the one who also expresses her doubt about the longevity of the movement:
“Either it collapses, or everything is muffled, but I would like it to blow.”
“I have never been a victim of anything, but a witness,”
says the actress.
“So if I have an actress friend who says to me “can you say that?”, I will.”
Armelle Deutsch also remembers castings where inappropriate requests were made to her.
“We know what was happening in casting years ago. I almost got tricked, (...) they tell you “go ahead, you undress”, that’s no longer possible,”
she denounces.
The actress also salutes the Me Too Garçons movement, launched by Aurélien Wiik.
“What he did was fantastic, and he did it very elegantly.”
Armelle Deutsch deciphers an environment which does not necessarily change, but which “heats up”
:
“
It’s like dynamite there, which is ready to explode.”