Julie Gayet: "The Grenelle of domestic violence was a huge disappointment"

There is no one in sight in the corridors of the Centquatre.

Coronavirus obliges, the immense cultural center of the 19th arrondissement of Paris is deserted by the usual budding dancers and musicians.

A security guard escorts us to the only occupied room.

Inside, Julie Gayet awaits us.

The actress is in the middle of filming: she will appear in a committed clip which is scheduled for release on March 8, international women's rights day.

It's called

, she tells Europe 1.

“The message is simple: you have to look at women in the right way when they speak up, when they ask for equal pay,” explains Julie Gayet.

Sunday at the microphone of Pascale Clark, she returned to her commitment against violence against women and the "disappointment" of the Grenelle last year.

"Women unite to go further"

In the clip of the Fondation des femmes, there will be at his side other actresses carrying the same fight, such as Muriel Robin, Anna Mouglalis and Sophia Aram.

"Women unite, they unite to go further," remarks Julie Gayet.

She is delighted that a large-scale movement exists today in France, after having taken a long time to be put in place since the Weinstein affair.

"American actresses were ahead, they already had the keys, the tools. On gender issues, with us, we were still in the infancy."

"We need the means to free speech"

If she is jubilant that a whole generation of women take the fight against violence head on, the actress is nevertheless annoyed by the lack of resources allocated by the government.

"After MeToo, there were 30% more complaints. Now we need the means to listen to the women in the field. We need the means for free speech."

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The actress says she is "disappointed" by the outcome of the Grenelle against domestic violence, led in particular by Marlène Schiappa.

"This Grenelle was for us a tremendous hope and a huge disappointment. We told her what we had to say and then we saw that she had no means. We didn't give them to her or else she didn't. 'could not take them. But it's strange for something that was supposed to be the great cause of the quinquennium, "she sighs.

Then Julie Gayet apologizes, she has to go back.

She doesn't complain about it, far from it: "Muriel Robin made us scream with laughter all morning."