Sexual violence and sexual harassment are “endemic” in the French entertainment industry, an overwhelming report of French politicians has concluded, concluding that women and children are still systematically attacked, despite the country, despite the country, despite the country Movement #MeToo.
Green deputy Sandrine Rousseau and centrist Erwan Balanant found that sexual violence, harassment and intimidation were “systemic, endemic and persistent” in all sectors of the French culture and entertainment industry, from television and cinema to theater, radio, comedy, advertising, rock and classical music.
After a five -month investigation, in which they described having received an “crushing” testimony of nearly 400 people, including actors and industry workers, politicians declared that attitudes in France were “barely evolved” of many years after the Movement #MeToo began.
The parliamentary investigation had heard accounts of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, with “many” alleged assaults that occur recently. They said that several decades are worsened for several decades FranceIn the midst of a feeling of “collective denial”. They described an “ambient sexism” as well as racism in the sector.
The legislators have made nearly 90 recommendations, in particular better protections for actors and models under the age of 18, and the improvement of the regulations of actors and casting procedures.
They also proposed to prohibit the sexualization of minors on the screen and in fashion photos. They said compulsory intimacy coordinators should be present for any intimacy scene involving minors, and that intimacy coordinators should be suggested as compulsory for cinema, television and theater.
Women working on filming sets explained how, during their daily work, senior crew members would make sexual comments such as oral sex requests. Young women described being pushed against a wall and sexually assaulted during their work. An assistant director described to be summoned to see an actor and finding him to wait with his pants.
THE report found that sexual assault was common during the casting process. Sex or nudity scenes have also proved to have been a place where sexual assault and rape occur. A cinema worker said that she had realized that an actor had been raped on a chamber scene, but the director took no measure when she was reported.
The report revealed that the children were particularly vulnerable and subject to abuse in the cinema and the arts of the show.
An actor described how, at the age of 10, she had to appear in a rape scene, but was prevented from meeting the actor first and was taken by surprise when she was seized by him. “I was petrified,” she said. Another teenager was pushed and mistreated verbally during a romantic scene with an older decades actor. A young child brought his pants down on the set when he did not want to play only in his pants. A director reminded another child the death of his father just before a scene, to obtain the right aspect of emotion for a shot.
Politicians called for better regulation of music schools, action schools and choirs after hearing allegations of a music teacher telling a young girl “to look more like a whore” while playing the flute. They also heard allegations of a choir master kissing the girls around the neck.
Rousseau said that what had struck her in the testimony of the film industry was the way some actors were young when sexual harassment began. She said: “For some, it started in childhood, at school, in castings and continued throughout their careers.”
Actor Sara Forestier, who started working in a 13-year-old cinema, told the investigation that at his first casting, he was asked to withdraw his underwear and throw him on someone’s plate. Throughout her career, she had to say on several occasions “no” to directors who wanted to have sex with her and who threatened to withdraw roles if she refused.
“In our country, there is a cult of talent and creative genius,” said Balanant, adding that certain directors and star actors estimated that they could act how they delighted.
The report comes from weeks after Paris Trial for sexual assault of the French cinema star, Gérard Depardieu. He denies the charges against him and the verdict will be announced next month.
Actor and director Judith Godrèche, who has become a Main vocation in the #MeToo movement of France And called for the investigation, said Wednesday’s report was “terrifying”. She filed complaints against administrators Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon To assault her sexually while she was a teenager. The two denied allegations.