Gerard Depardieu convicted for sexually attacking 2 women
French actor Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting 2 women working on one of his films, though unfortunately, he's only getting suspended sentence:
Actress Juliette Binoche has said that, despite the lenient sentencing, the trial makes clear he's no longer standing on a pedastal:
Update: and also sadder still, Binoche has contradicted her statements.
French actor Gerard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women - and handed an 18-month suspended sentence.That he won't serve prison time is exactly what's wrong with the picture here. Even if the court of public opinion can be influential here, it doesn't mean he couldn't still be dangerous, his advanced age notwithstanding. Yet this is sadly nothing new, and to be sure, the trial result stems from the same mentality that's enabled so much Islamofascism to get away with horrific sexual crimes over the years in France.
Depardieu, 76, was convicted by a court in Paris of groping the women during the filming of the 2021 movie Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters).
Both victims had been working on the film in behind-the-scenes roles.
Following his convictions, Depardieu was fined €29,040 (about £24,000) and the court requested that he is registered in the national sex offender database.
Actress Juliette Binoche has said that, despite the lenient sentencing, the trial makes clear he's no longer standing on a pedastal:
Juliette Binoche said Gerard Depardieu is “no longer sacred”, following the French actor’s conviction for sexual assault earlier today.Agnes Poirier says what's now known about Depardieu will make it hard to watch the films in his portfolio:
Speaking at the Cannes Competition jury press conference, Binoche fielded multiple questions about Depardieu.
“For me, what is sacred is when something happens, when you create, when you act, when you are on stage,” said Binoche. “We have no grasp of the sacred; and now he is no longer sacred. That means you need to think hard about the power wielded by certain people who take that power; and the power may lie elsewhere.”
This cinephile will not banish masterpieces such as Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900, Truffaut’s The Last Metro and The Woman Next Door, Andrzej Wajda’s Danton, Maurice Pialat’s Under the Sun of Satan, and Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s Cyrano from her personal cinematic pantheon. A film is a sum of many talents, in front of and behind the camera and the acts of one individual should not taint the work of another hundred. However, to say that the fall of Depardieu will have no impact on our experience as viewers is of course deluded. Cinephiles are also citizens, they don’t live in a vacuum-packed world. Watching those films again may prove a bittersweet experience, just like watching postwar French films with actors who chose to collaborate with the enemy during the second world war. Unsavoury and sad.Of course, sadder still is the realization that the only reason why Depardieu went down as he did in court is because he's not an Islamist. So, it's awfully easy to try him in the eyes of PC advocates.
Update: and also sadder still, Binoche has contradicted her statements.
Labels: France, misogyny, Moonbattery, sexual violence, showbiz
