Six years after #MeToo, a new explosion is currently taking place in French cinema: Judith Godrèche has just filed a complaint for rape of a minor by a person in authority against the director Benoît Jacquot, with whom she had a relationship for several years from his 14 years old and when he was 25 years her senior. The facts date back to the mid-1980s. So why didn’t Judith Godrèche file a complaint sooner? Why is the affair only coming to light now? Interview with Violaine de Filippis Abate, lawyer involved in women’s rights, spokesperson for Dare to Feminism and author of “Classées sans suite”, Editions Payot.
