JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT, – / AFP
Dany Boon modestly returned to the revelations of the woman with whom he shared his life between 1998 and 2002.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE – Rare words for a French actor. While Judith Godrèche’s revelations about the influence of director Benoît Jacquot have shaken the small world of French cinema in recent weeks, very few actors have dared to speak out on this subject.
This is not the case for Dany Boon, who agreed to return in his own way to the revelations of his ex-partner who has since filed a complaint for “rape with violence against a minor under 15 years old” against the French filmmaker with whom she had a relationship when she was only 14 years old. Benoît Jacquot was 39.
Asked by The voice of the North this Friday, February 16, on the words of his former wife, Dany Boon felt that he was not in his role as “ speak for him “.
And although separated from Judith Godrèche since 2002 – they met in 1998 before having a child together – the French actor and director confirmed that he had spoken with her on the subject: “ Yes, we talk, but I don’t prefer to talk about it.”
However, no question for the director of La Ch’tite Famille to say more, because according to him, his ex-partner “ talk about all this very well”. Dany Boon, however, affirms ” sustain “ Judith Godrèche. “We protect our children”he added, referring to Noah, their common child.
New wave
Very present in the media in recent days to discuss the story that she finally agreed to tell in broad daylight, Judith Godrèche recalled Monday evening on France 5 that “ the entire French cinema, or in any case a part of French cinema, of the press which talks about cinema, validated, was complicit », even believing that the environment was “ engine in the crushing of speech » women and more generally victims, during a broadcast on Mediapart.
Moreover, this #MeToo wave within French cinema has already had repercussions beyond the Godrèche case. Because by targeting the filmmakers Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, other actresses have since questioned the two directors in the press. Without forgetting the actress Sarah Grappin who accused in The Obs Alain Corneau, now deceased, of similar events in the 90s.
Also see on The HuffPost: