From sacred monster to sacred monster, there is sometimes only one step. A step that actor Gérard Depardieu seems to have taken, who is accused by several women of having sexually assaulted them, and some of them raped them. Indicted in a case opposing him to Charlotte Arnouldhe is also the target of numerous accusations published in Mediapart at the beginning of the year. This Thursday, December 7, 2023, the teams of Further investigation hit the nail on the head, revealing previously unseen images of a shoot in North Korea dated 2018, for a film on Gérard Depardieu directed by Yann Moix, but which was ultimately thrown in the trash. And for good reason: in all the images broadcast on the screen, the septuagenarian continues heavy, obscene, pornographic jokes, and even enjoys sexualizing a 10-year-old girl horseback riding.
If Gérard Depardieu had anticipated this investigation by revealing an open letter in Le Figaro in which he loudly proclaimed his innocence, and assured that Charlotte Arnould, without naming her, was taking revenge for not having sung Barbara’s successes with him on stage , France Télévisions wanted to side with the accusers and alleged victims. This Saturday, December 9, 2023, the sentence fell: Manuel Alduy, director of the public service cinema pole, announced in a press release that no more films in which Gérard Depardieu plays will be broadcast on the group’s channels. In the same way, all future cinematographic projects with which the name of Gérard Depardieu would be associated, directly or indirectly, would be systematically rejected by France Télévisions.
Films with Gérard Depardieu are still a hit
All of Gérard Depardieu’s cinematic successes are now boycotted by France Télévisions. The public service used to broadcast its cult comedies such as The Goat, The Comperes And The fugitives on France 3. These three comedians were rebroadcast in August 2022, three Mondays in a row, and the premiere attracted up to 2.7 million viewers (13.8%). The other films with Gérard Depardieu produced by the public service are Potiche, Germinal or Mystery in Saint-Tropeza comedy which was broadcast unpublished on May 28, 2023 on France 2 and which was a hit by bringing together 3.3 million moviegoers (17.9%). France Télé will have to do without him!