“Whether I go to the Césars or not, we don’t care,” said actress Judith Godrèche on Wednesday, two days before the French cinema awards ceremony, calling instead to “hear” the victims of sexual violence.
Her speech on Instagram came after the newspaper Le Parisien affirmed that she would speak on Friday at the Césars, which neither the Académie des Césars, nor Canal, nor Judith Godrèche’s entourage wanted to confirm to the AFP.
The latter, who filed a complaint against directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for sexual and physical violence dating back to her adolescence, has become a spearhead of the movement
“Let’s not talk about my presence or absence at the Césars, let’s talk about the 2,990 women, mothers and men who wrote to me in seven days, let’s talk about children who are victims of incest,” she wrote. “The Caesars and I are nothing,” added the actress, who denounced an “omerta” around the subject in the cinema and created an email address to collect other testimonies from potential victims.
“I also like shiny dresses. I too like to be pampered. But our environment suffers in silence. Our young girls suffer in silence. And once again, once again, the government is silent, the politicians are silent, and the actors, the directors are silent.
“We want things to change,” she continued, asking in particular “that actresses can contact the CNC (National Center for Cinematography) without thinking that a man accused of sexual abuse is at its head “.
President of the CNC, Dominique Boutonnat has been implicated in a case, not yet judged, of alleged sexual assault on his 21-year-old godson, accusations which he contests. “We want to be heard and heard, every day once and for all,” concluded Judith Godrèche.
