#MeToo Arrives At French César Awards As Actress Judith Godrèche Makes Impassioned Speech For New Era Of Truth In French Film Biz: “The World Is Watching Us”
deadline.comActress and director Judith Godrèche made an appeal at the French César Awards on Friday for a new era of truth around the issue of sexual abuse and harassment in France’s cinema world after decades of silence and denial. “For some time now, voices have been unleashed, the idealized image of our fathers has been shattered, power almost seems to be in a state of turmoil, could it be possible for us to look at the truth in the eye?,” she said in specially programmed slot. “To take on our responsibilities?
To be actors, actresses of a world that is questioning itself?, “ she asked. “For some time now, I’ve been talking and talking, but I can’t hear you, or only a little.
Where are you? What are you saying? A whisper. Half a word.” Her appearance at the César ceremony comes three weeks after the actress filed an official police complaint against director Benoît Jacquot for “rapes with violence of a minor less than 15-years-old” and Jacques Doillon for sexual assault.
Both directors Her accusations date back to the late 1980s and early 1990s when Godrèche was in a relationship with Jacquot, which she says began when she was only 14 years old and he was 40.
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