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Gerard Depardieu trial sees France grapple with response to sexual violence

The case, beginning Monday, is the most prominent in the post-#MeToo era in France

The Independent UK

French Filmmaker Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault In #Metoo Trial

French court finds filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on actor, sparking industry-wide conversation on abuse. Prominent figures speak out against abuse in ...

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Prominent director targeted in French cinema's #MeToo wave charged with rape, assault of actors

Authorities in France say a prominent French film director accused of sexual assault and violent, controlling behavior has been handed preliminary charges of rape, sexual assault and violence by a French judge investigating the case

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French directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon detained over sexual assault allegations

Both men have denied Judith Godrèche’s claims of abuse

The Independent UK

French filmmakers Jacquot and Doillon in custody over sexual abuse claims

French authorities on Monday detained leading film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for questioning over accusations of sexual abuse. The two men arrived at a Paris police station on Monday morning, accompanied by their lawyers.

Radio France Internationale

Paris theatre cancels Asterix actor Edouard Baer’s shows after sexual assault allegations

French actor is accused of harassing and assaulting six women between 2013 and 2021

The Independent UK

French cinema tried to hide its violence against women. At Cannes, we’re calling it out

I took to the red carpet alongside other activists to highlight sexual violence. Now women of colour need a bigger place in the movement, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

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Cannes spotlights Judith Godrèche, icon of France’s #MeToo moment

The Cannes Film Festival kept up its female focus on Wednesday with the pounding, action-packed “Mad Max” prequel “Furiosa” and the soft-spoken uprising of French actress Judith Godrèche, who has spearheaded the host country’s long-awaited #MeToo reckoning.

France 24

‘Explosive’ secret list of abusers set to upstage women’s big week at Cannes film festival

Crisis management team reported to be in place as Meryl Streep heads roster of female stars and directors collecting accolades

The Guardian - UK

Awards season comes as French actors accuse filmmakers of sex abuse in new #MeToo wave

As French cinema basks in Academy Awards attention, actors who allege they were teenage victims of sexual and physical abuse by directors decades older than them are shining the light on the repulsive underside of the country's industry.

France 24

Rape inquiry opened after Judith Godrèche files complaint against director

French actor alleges arthouse film-maker Benoît Jacquot groomed her when she was 14 and he was 39

The Guardian - UK

‘What happened to me mustn’t happen to the next generation’: Judith Godrèche on grooming and France’s #MeToo

Godrèche speaks about her hit TV show Icon of French Cinema, with its scenes of a 14-year-old female actor being groomed by a director

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