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There are outbursts of solidarity that we love to see, others that we would like to do without. The one whose Judith Godreche the subject is part of the second category. Alongside the release of his series Icon of French Cinemathe 51-year-old actress returned to the relationship she had for six years with the director Benoît Jacquot. If a romantic relationship between an actress and a filmmaker is not very unusual, the age that Judith Godrèche was at the start of it raises questions: Benoît Jacquot got into a relationship with Judith at the end of the 80s, he then 39 years old when the young woman is only 14.
Throughout her stories, Judith Godrèche will denounce the power and influence that Benoît Jacquot exercised over herlike the experience that Vanessa Springora had with Gabriel Matzneff, which she relates in her book The consent. 36 years later, Judith Godrèche filed a complaint for rape of minors. Accusations that the main party denies. He denies “any physical and psychological violence“and indicates having”lived a consensual love story” with Judith Godrèche: “She came into my life in an incredible way, brought me out of my depression, by asking me to make a film that made her known. I owe her a lot, and it saddens me that she doesn't recognize that she owes me a lot, too.” he reacted to Telerama. If he defends himself against the words of Judith Godrèche, the latter is unfortunately not the only one to have things to reproach him for.
Marianne Denicourt testifies against Jacques Doillon
In the pages of World, four other actresses denounced the behavior of Benoît Jacquot. Among her, Vahina Giocante or even Isild Le Besco, the sister of Maïwenn Le Besco. Judith Godrèche also filed a complaint against Jacques Doillon, father of Lou Doillon, who Isild Le Besco and Anna Mouglalis also accuse of tendentious behavior. In Release this Friday February 9, Marianne Denicourt also found the courage to break the silence. The 57-year-old actress recounted her own experience with Jacques Doillon, for whom she filmed The lover in 1987, the only film she will make with him.
This speaking out, she said, is “so as not to leave other actresses alone who express themselves.” At the time, the actress was a student at the Amandiers school. With eight other actresses from the establishment, Marianne Denicourt therefore shot the film The lover. And she doesn't mince words regarding the atmosphere that reigned: “Doillon wanted to create competition to establish his power“, she says. “His intentions were perfectly clear. We talked about it among ourselves. We were scared when we heard his footsteps in the hallway. From time to time, the pretext was that he came to talk to us about a scene and we agreed never to have him alone in his room.“
Viva il cinema Festival in Tours: the arrival of Jacques Doillon canceled
Marianne Denicourt also remembers the enormous contrast that existed between the behavior of Jacques Doillon and the arrival of Jane Birkin, his partner at the time, “so adorable with everyone, beautiful.” A situation “very annoying”. If Jacques Doillon denied the facts through his lawyer, the consequences of such accusations are being felt. The Italian film festival, Viva il cinema, scheduled for February 21 to 25 in the city of Tours and at which he was to appear, announced this Thursday that the director's visit was canceled.
Jacques Doillon and Benoît Jacquot remain presumed innocent of the charges against them until the case is closed.
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