The actress Judith Godrèche, who filed a complaint for rape of a minor against the directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, requested, Thursday March 14, the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry into labor law in the world of cinema and “risks to children.”
“Who should we count on to ensure that from now on no child will be the victim of sexual or moral violence on a set or during a casting? », Launched the artist during a hearing before the children’s rights delegation of the National Assembly.
“Are we going to keep quiet? I am counting on you, I am counting on you to protect children, to no longer deliver them to the cinema without any protection,” she added. “These are the same systems as those of education, medicine, publishing, sport for example, for which you ordered a commission of inquiry. »
Judith Godrèche concluded her introductory remarks by asking the deputies to “take the initiative of a commission of inquiry into labor law in the world of cinema, and in particular its risks for women and children”.
Following this request, the Socialist Group (PS) in the Senate requested on Thursday the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry into sexual and gender-based violence in cinema. In a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, and published on performing arts and media.
“This work will make it possible to propose ways and means to fight against sexual and gender-based violence, to put an end to a destructive system, in particular for women and child artists, and to better protect and support them,” writes Mr. Kanner .
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On February 29, during a hearing in the Senate, the artist also requested the opening of a commission of inquiry into sexist and sexual violence in the cinema industry.
Having become a leading figure in the fight against sexual violence against children since she filed a complaint, after decades of silence, against directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, the actress was interviewed by the women’s rights delegation of the Upper House.
A preliminary investigation was opened in Paris into these accusations of rape of a minor under 15 years old by a person in authority, rape, violence by a partner, and sexual assault on a minor over 15 years old by a person in authority.
The two directors refuted the accusations against them through their respective lawyers.
