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Sexual violence in cinema: after Judith Godrèche’s appeal, the National Assembly votes to create a commission of inquiry
Sexual violence in cinema: after Judith Godrèche’s appeal, the National Assembly votes to create a commission of inquiry
(franceinfo)
After Judith Godrèche’s call to create a commission of inquiry into sexual violence in cinema, the deputies voted unanimously to this effect on Thursday May 2. Present in the hemicycle, the actress was particularly moved.
Judith Godrèche had requested the creation of a commission of inquiry last March, heard by deputies about the abuse suffered by women and children on French film sets. After the vote for its creation in the National Assembly, Thursday, May 2, the one who filed a complaint for rape and sexual assault against Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon expressed her emotion.
A hundred men call for better listening to victims
Better listening to victims is also the promise of a column signed by a hundred men published in Elle magazine. This week, the #MeToo movement in French cinema experienced a new surge with the placement in police custody of Gérard Depardieu on Monday April 29 for suspicion of sexual assault on two women. The actor, already implicated in other similar cases, will be tried next October.
