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The beginning of a French #MeToo in the cinema? In an article published on Médiapart, actress Adèle Haenel accuses director Christophe Ruggia of "touching" and "sexual harassment" when she was 12 to 15 years old. A speech widely welcomed. Quickly, the filmmaker was removed from the Society of Film Directors (SRF).
In Wednesday's media culture , Flavie Flament, who told a 2013 book that she was raped at the age of 13 by photographer David Hamilton, reacts to this news. She supports the actress.
"We must support Adèle Haenel"
"I support her, what she does is eminently strong and courageous, I know the strength it takes to be able to speak, to put words on these kinds of things," says Flavie Flament at the microphone in Europe. animator, "we must support Adele Haenel". She also hopes that this speech opens a new era and a change in mentalities. "She is the first personality of French cinema to make things happen," she says.
"I understand any victim who does what she can with her drama"
In addition, Adèle Haenel also explained that she never thought of filing a complaint, regretting "systemic violence against women in the justice system". "I understand any victim who does what she can with her drama," said Flavie Flament. "It's a personal choice, an intimate affair, I would never allow myself to advise him to file a complaint, there is no advice and no judgment to make," she says.