A few days ago, Sara Forestier was invited to the set of Daily to promote his new film. Facing Yann Barthèsshe explained why she had been absent from the film sets for so long.
Indeed, the actress declared having been slapped in 2017 by an actor on set. During a hearing at the National Assemblythe heroine of the film Dodging gave details of the consequences of this attack and explained what she expected from justice.
Sara Forestier slapped by an actor
Winner of two Césars, Sara Forestier has long played numerous roles in the cinema. But for several years, the 38-year-old young woman has been absent from the screens. A indentation that she explained on the set of Daily.
“I needed to rebuild myself”she said. “I have been hit by an actoron a film”revealed Sara Forestier. After filing a complaint, the actress wanted to distance herself from the world of cinema. Faced with Yann Barthes, she mentioned the “trauma” what this episode caused him.
Sara Forestier auditioned at the National Assembly
On November 7, the Caesarized actress was invited to testify before the Commission of inquiry into violence committed in the cinema, audiovisual, live performance, fashion and advertising sectors. This parliamentary commission is chaired by Sandrine Rousseau.
In front of her interlocutors, Sara Forestier spoke of the violence to which she was a victim during his career. In tears, the thirty-year-old nevertheless managed to deliver a very remarkable testimony.
“I want my attacker to go to prison”
Referring to the slap she received a few years ago, Sara Forestier hoped that her attacker would be punished for his actions. “I don't want him to be prevented from making films. I just want my attacker to go to jail.”she declared to parliamentarians.
In a sob, the actress made a sad revelation. “It has destroyed years of my life”she indicated. “I want justice to be done,” insisted Sara Forestier. The actress felt that a stay in prison would put her attacker “out of harm's way“.
While she did not wish to reveal the name of her attacker publicly, several sources believe that it is the actor Nicolas Duvauchelle. The latter reacted for the first time to the affair by publishing a story on his Instagram account. “I never touched Sara Forestier“he cried, promising to attack people harassing him on social networks.
