#benoit jacquot

[thewomanwithmissingfingers]

la fille seule, 1995

[like-tears-in-rain-storms]

I do hope, given the success of Nosferatu and the renewed interest in both the 1922 original and the 1979 Werner Herzog remake "Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht", that more people, especially international and US audiences, will discover the actress responsible for the latter film's heroic and hypnotically enchanting Lucy Harker, the ever radiant and insanely talented Isabelle Adjani, and her many diverse and fascinating films over the years.

Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht (1979), dir. Werner Herzog

The Story of Adele H. (1975), dir. François Truffault

The Brontë Sisters / Les Soeurs Brontë (1979), dir. André Téchiné 

Possession (1981), dir. Andrzej Żuławski

One Deadly Summer / L' Été Meurtrier (1983), dir. Jean Becker

Subway (1985), dir. Luc Besson

Camille Claudel (1988), dir. Bruno Nuytten

Queen Margot / La Reine Margot (1994), dir Patrice Chéreau

Adolphe (2002), dir. Benoît Jacquot

Monsieur Ibrahim / Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran (2003), dir. François Dupeyron

Peter von Kant (2022), dir. François Ozon

[mtonino]

3 Hearts (2014) Benoit Jacquot

Chiara Mastroianni and Charlotte Gainsbourg in 3 Hearts (2014)

[engelsmediablog]

Léa Seydoux as Célestine in Diary of a Chambermaid (2015) dir. Benoit Jacquot

[thisbreadbird]

some of you dont actually care about not supporting media made by bad people, and arent wanting people to stop supporting neil gaiman out of morals, but you just feel betrayed by neil because you liked him and want to punish him

i dont think youre keeping track of all the directors and writers with sexual harrassment/assault scandals, do you know what movies harvey weinstein, woody allen, louis c.k., roman polanski, nate parker, benoit jacquot, kevin spacey, brett ratner, james toback, mark halperin, dustin hoffman, andy dick, chris savino, ben affleck, adam venit, andrew kreisberg, and way more

[warningsine]

As the Cannes Film Festival kicked off its 77th edition on Tuesday, France’s film business has become engulfed in a reckoning over sexual harassment and abuse that activists say is long overdue. The #MeToo movement is hitting the country roughly seven years after it took Hollywood by storm — as the wave of allegations against Harvey Weinstein, long a fixture at Cannes, inspired women across the industry to speak out against executives, artists and movie stars who abused their positions of power.

“For reasons I can’t explain, it took much longer in France than in the U.S. for women to dare to speak out, and maybe it also took longer for women to be heard,” Iris Knobloch, president of the Cannes Film Festival, said in an interview with Variety. “I think that for many societal evolutions, Europe is still a little behind the United States. We’re catching up a little later, and it’s not even just a French issue.”

To be clear, in recent years, other French entertainment industry figures have faced sexual misconduct accusations, and there have been intermittent moments where the movement appeared to be gathering force, for instance, in 2019 when actor Adele Haenel spoke out against sexual assault and abuse in the biz, and when the Cesar Awards went through a complete overhaul. But the scale and intensity of the current wave of allegations is unlike that the country has experience before.

But Cannes itself has sometimes struggled to keep pace with where society was headed, failing to strike the right tone when it comes to welcoming problematic performers and filmmakers. Last year, for instance, the festival opened with “Jeanne du Barry,” a historical epic starring Johnny Depp, despite the fact that he was accused of abuse by ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp denies the charges and won a defamation trial against Heard, but the decision to highlight one of the actor’s films in such a prominent spot sparked protests. This time, Cannes is taking pains to avoid similar controversies, with festival director Thierry Frémaux telling reporters in a Monday press conference that the festival wanted to host an edition “without polemics.” Instead, Frémaux said he wanted to keep the focus on the films.

It’s an understandable objective, but one that might be impossible to pull off. After all, one French figure after another has been hit with allegations of impropriety. France’s Time’s Up era began in December when a video of Gerard Depardieu making crude and misogynistic jokes while on a trip to North Korea aired as part of a TV documentary. Two months later, “Ridicule” actress Judith Godreche filed complaints against directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, alleging sexual assault. Godreche’s short film “Moi Aussi” will kick off Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. And the president of the National Film Board, Dominique Boutonnat, who has been accused of sexual assault charges by his godson, has been slammed by two investigative stories in French newspaper Liberation, and faces a criminal trial next month. A subsequent petition to remove him from office has garnered 2,704 signatures in just two days.

At one point, it seemed as though the festival itself might serve as a stage for the next wave of bombshell allegations to drop. In recent weeks, rumors started to swirl that the French outlet Mediapart was putting together an explosive report that it planned to publish during Cannes in which it would share accusations of abuse concerning several prominent film industry figures. But it seems like those rumors were unfounded. “For the last several days, certain [media outlets], including serious ones, suggested the existence of supposed ‘list’ of presumed authors of sexual violence which Mediapart was about to publish,” the news organization wrote on Monday. “It’s false, obviously. On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, the media spectacle is pathetic.”

France’s #MeToo moment arrives as the social justice push seems to be facing new obstacles in the U.S., where the movement originated. In April, the Supreme Court of New York overturned Weinstein’s rape conviction, ruling that the judge in the case unfairly allowed women whose allegations were not part of the case to testify on behalf of the prosecution. Weinstein remains in jail because he was separately convicted in Los Angeles, and a New York retrial seems likely. But the decision has been seen as a setback and a reminder of the legal hurdles that need to be overcome for accusers seeking justice through the court system.

But at a press conference on Tuesday, hours before Cannes’ opening night ceremony, Greta Gerwig, the “Barbie” director who is serving as jury president, made it clear that despite the recent setbacks, the #MeToo movement has led to meaningful reforms.

“I have seen substantive change in the American film community,” Gerwig said. “It’s only moving everything in the correct direction.” 

[dakikamagazin]

Fransız yönetmenler Benoit Jacquot ve Jacques Doillon cinsel saldırı suçlamasıyla gözaltına alındı

[valentin10]

#MeToo dans le cinéma : les réalisateurs Benoît Jacquot et Jacques Doillon placés en garde à vue pour violences sexuelles

Les deux cinéastes sont accusés par plusieurs actrices de violences sexuelles. — À lire sur www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/harcelement-sexuel/metoo-dans-le-cinema-les-cineastes-benoit-jacquot-et-jacques-doillon-places-en-garde-a-vue_6637836.html

[leblogdemarinaetjm]

SAMEDI 2 MARS 2024 (Billet 2/2)

Judith est née à Paris, dans le XVIIe, le 23 mars 1972.

Elle a vécu de l’âge de 14 ans jusqu’à 20 ans avec le metteur en scène Benoît-Jacquot.

L’émission « Thé ou Café » que lui avait consacrée Catherine Ceylac, voir l’extrait ci-dessus, a été diffusée le 27 mars 2010. Judith avait alors 38 ans, soit 18 ans après sa rupture !

Nous savions ce que signifie le « syndrome de Stockholm » (« un phénomène observé chez des otages qui ont développé une sorte d’empathie vis-à-vis de leurs geôliers »), mais nous avouons être un peu perplexes après avoir regardé ce document (et les nombreux extraits de diverses interviews accordées par Judith, auxquels vous pourrez avoir accès grâce au lien à la fin de ce Billet). Regardez-la, écoutez-là… c’est assez troublant.

Le « syndrome de Godrèche » ? Il y a en effet BEAUCOUP de différences entre ce qu’elle dit aujourd’hui et ce qu’elle a dit, adulte, autrefois. Et pas que dans les mots qu’elle a prononcés, mais aussi dans les expressions de son visage, ses regards… Mais en vrai, tout est possible, nous n’avons, en toute franchise, aucun avis définitif sur la question.

Cliquez sur la dernière phrase ci-dessous pour accéder au Site de l’INA (un Site on ne peut plus sérieux, à ne pas confondre avec les « tribunaux médiatiques » qui se sont installés ici ou là !) et voir les autres interviews de Judith :

Comment Judith Godrèche a parlé de sa relation avec Benoit Jacquot | INA

[yessadirichards]

French actor files rape charges against director Benoit Jacquot

PARIS

French actor Judith Godreche has pressed charges against film director Benoit Jacquot 25 years her senior, accusing him of raping her when she was a teenager, her lawyer said Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the 51-year-old actress lodged a formal complaint with the Juvenile Protection Brigade (BPM) for suspected rape of a minor by a person in a position of authority, lawyer Laure Heinich told AFP.

The announcement comes as French cinema is reeling from claims the world of arts has shrugged off sexism and sexual abuse for decades.

Taking to social media in January, Godreche accused Jacquot, now 77, of manipulating her into a relationship as a vulnerable underage actor, saying the arts have provided cover for abuse.

French daily Le Monde, which first carried the story of the formal complaint, said that Jacquot "firmly" denies the allegations. Jacquot declined to speak to AFP when asked to comment in January.

The relationship between the two began in the spring of 1986, when Godrech was just 14, and ended in the early 1990s.

Godreche said she remained "in his grip" for six years, starring in two films he directed, "Les Mendiants" ("The beggars") in 1988 and "La Desenchantee" ("The disenchanted") in 1990.

She decided to speak out after discovering him boasting about their relationship being a "transgression", and cinema providing a "cover" for it, in a 2011 documentary.

"I threw up," Godreche has told the TMC television channel, seeing him enjoy such "impunity".

"Consent does not exist when you're 14," she said. "I wasn't seduced, I was completely manipulated."

Jacquot, a director with more than 50 films and TV films to his name, has said he needs to be "in love" with his actresses to film them.

He has worked with established heavyweights such as Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert, but also Godreche, Virginie Ledoyen -- known for the 2000 thriller "The Beach" -- and Isild Le Besco as teenagers.

In 2015, he described his work as "pushing an actress to pass a threshold. The best way to do all that is to be in the same bed."

[opdemontracker]

France detains top film directors over sex abuse allegations | Sexual Assault News | Aljazeera.com

Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon accused of sexual assault, charges the two men deny.

[engelsmediablog]

Léa Seydoux as Célestine in Diary of a Chambermaid (2015) dir. Benoit Jacquot

[sundaynightfilms]

Suzanna Andler, 2021

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[kino51]

Les enfants du placard   1977