“I am not an animal”

The statements of Sara Forestier have not changed, those of Nicolas Duvauchelle either. Accused by the actress of violence on the set of the film “Bonhomme” (2018), by Marion Vernoux, the actor has always denied. And while she recently reiterated her testimony to the National Assembly commission of inquiry, he again disputed. “I repeat what I have already said many times: I have never raised my hand on Sara Forestier,” said Nicolas Duvauchelle, categorical, in “Paris Match”.

“I would have slapped it, I would not have hidden it, but that is not the case,” continues the actor. And to defend yourself: “I have witnesses, including the director of the film in question, Marion Vernoux. Sara Forestier as I went very far in the insults that evening, I will not deny it. But in no case did I touch it. I was heard by the police in this case, who did nothing about it. Sara part of the shooting, Ana Girardot replaced her. They both have the same agent: he would not have made Ana such a risk if I presented any threat, if I was really ‘masculinist’, as they say now. »»

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Nicolas Duvauchelle in the surge #metoo

Nicolas Duvauchelle ne ” [s’]Do not explain ”Sara Forest’s statements against him. “I have turned, sometimes on several occasions, with many directors – Lætitia Masson, Claire Denis, Maïwenn … With Maïwenn, on ‘Polisse’, we yell down. It happens: cinema is made of affects, emotions. But I have never been violent with these women. No more than I was with the actresses with whom I filmed, a fortiori intimate scenes. I was the first to cover their nudity as soon as the catch was over. I am not an animal. »»

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“What I find a little strong is that the commission of inquiry allows itself to take what is said about me as a proven fact, without me having the slightest right of response,” regrets Nicolas Duvauchelle. “A certain press makes me spearhead of everything that is currently happening in the cinema: ‘Telerama’publie a report of this commission and quotes me as if I were a pillar of this type of actions; For me, it is incomprehensible. ‘Mediapart’ conducts a botched investigation, and I find myself in this surge #me too… ”

Nicolas Duvauchelle assures that he “fully understands” the #MeToo movement. “There are big disgusting, perverts, manipulators and it has to change!” But he claims not to be part of the category of attackers. “It is not possible that we make certain statements for cash. This way of doing things is not justice, ”says the actor, who is also targeted by three complaints and two handrails filed by ex-partner. “I do not deny some past personal belongings. They were settled, including in court, with a verdict in the key. »»

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“I want my name to be washed”

“But we dig up the stories of fighting with my lining that date from 2002, it is unreal. All these elements put end to end, it is not me, ”he says. “I have received many very violent messages on social networks – I would almost do not care, it is not ‘real’ life … but it hurts my wife, to my mother. To my three children, too. And that, I can’t accept it. These cases took place in particular at the time of difficult separations, the complaints in question were classified without follow -up. From now on, relationships are peaceful. »»

To defend themselves, Nicolas Duvauchelle has initiated Master Dosé, lawyer, among others of Jacques Doillon and Frédéric Beigbeder, accused of sexual violence, but it is because she obtained the classification without follow-up of the facts allegedly reproached for Julien Bayou, accused of psychological violence by his ex-partner, that the actor chose it. “This type of accusation puts me out of me: they seriously harm women who live violence … I also want my name to be washed. I don’t ask for anything else. »»