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The red carpet for the Césars, the French film Oscars, is dotted with scandals, which do not always have to do with the quality of the films that the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques selects, or fails to select, from 1976. The most recent controversy, and notorious, was that of the triumph of Roman Polanski, with
The Officer and the Spy
(2019), a film about the Dreyfus case, which was crowned with three César awards, including Best Director.
As is well known, Polanski is accused, among other accusations, of a complaint in the United States for raping a minor since the 1970s. In the face of the unleashed protests, the Polish filmmaker declined to attend the gala, which did not prevent him from leaving the gala in anger. room, at the time of his selection of Adèle Haenel, actress candidate for
Portrait of a woman on fire
, shouting (ironic)
"Long live pedophilia!"
.
It was not, however, Polanski who has led the Academy to press the red button.
On this occasion, the entity has reacted to the accusations of sexual assault against
Sofiane Bennacer, a 25-year-old actor who was among the revelations shortlisted by the Academy
for his performance in
Les amandiers
, a film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, which became his couple during the gestation of the project.
After deleting the actor from the list of young promises, the Academy has issued an urgent statement on the eve of the announcement of the nominations, which are being voted on right now.
The results will be announced on January 23, one month before the gala on February 24.
The statement says that, "out of respect for the victims (
even assumed when it comes to imputations or non-definitive sentences
), it has been decided not to offer a showcase to those people who have had problems with the law for violent acts."
It also clarifies that people related to violent acts, "particularly of a sexual or sexist nature", not only will not be able to attend the gala, even if they have been nominated, but they
will also not be able to make statements, through other people.
, even when they are awarded.
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Carla Bruni: "There are only two really important things: love and death"
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Carla Bruni: "There are only two really important things: love and death"
Sister of Carla Bruni, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi belongs to a wealthy family that fled Turin for fear of the Red Brigades.
The 58-year-old actress is also the author of a prestigious series of semi-autobiographical films, such as
A Castle in Italy
(2013) or
The Summer House
(2018).
In
Les amandiers
she evokes her theatrical training years in the
troupe
of
Patrice Chéreau, embodied on screen by her partner, Louis Garrel
.
Bennacer plays Etienne, a character inspired by the actor Thierry Ravel, who died in 1991, and Nadia Tereszkiewicz is Stella,
Valeria's own
alter ego .
The film was released in France to
very good reviews.
last November 16.
The problems arose a week later, when the newspaper
Libération
featured Bennacer on the front page, who was being investigated for two cases of rape and another of assault, to which
a fourth accusation of rape
was added , always based on the testimony of women. that they had been his partner.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi denounced a "media lynching", and her sister Carla's reaction was even more virulent: "
Libé
has been giving us moral lessons for 40 years, but visibly the presumption of innocence is totally alien to her."
On her Instagram, the wife of Nicolas Sarkoz
and called the cover a "crucifixion" and a mockery of "the foundations of democracy"
.
Bennacer used the same social network to deny all the accusations, arguing that it is the machination of one of her former sentimental partners, Juliette: "
She harassed me for two years after the end of the relationship to get us back (... ).
I also have messages from other former colleagues that show that she harassed them to report me
».
The entire team of the film has been dragged into the controversy.
If at first they declared that the "rumors" reached them during filming, in summer 2021, when it was too late to back down, Valeria Bruni was perfectly aware, according to the press, and decreed the law of silence on the matter.
Given the magnitude of the scandal, the Academy submitted the case to its commission of representatives, which decided to study the modification of the regulation calmly, but to shield itself, communicated through, against the presence at the gala of Bennacer.
In any case, the actor is under judicial control, and he cannot go near Paris, nor two other French cities.
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