“It is not possible to turn a blind eye to this type of unacceptable behavior,” reacts director Fabien Onteniente

“I didn’t fall out of the wardrobe”admits director Fabien Onteniente on Friday December 8 on franceinfo, after learning that a new complaint for sexual assault targeted actor Gérard Depardieu.

This complaint was filed by Hélène Darras, actress in the film Disco, directed by Fabien Onteniente. The actress’ testimony was broadcast yesterday, in the program “Complément d’investigation”, on France 2, in which we also see Gérard Depardieu making sexist remarks, towards women, but also a child.

He will no longer tour with Depardieu

“I am discovering this gentleman’s story piece by piece”recognizes Fabien Onteniente, who filmed for the first time with him in 2007, on the set of Disco. “We didn’t see it on camera”, assures the director and screenwriter. But he confides that his casting director told him: “‘How heavy it is with girls’, so I already had this echo”.

From now on, Fabien Onteniente assures that he will no longer film with Gérard Depardieu: “It’s not in my values, it’s not possible to turn a blind eye to this kind of unacceptable behavior”. The director denounces a form of silence that exists in French cinema around sexual violence, “maybe because it’s in-between”with “a lot of denial”according to him.