Sara Forestier has always been a strong voice against violence on film sets. It was in 2017 that she decided to break the silence after having been the victim of a violent slap from his scene partner, Nicolas Duvauchelle, recalls Here is. An attack which led her to leave the film and which profoundly affected her career for several years.
However, two years after filing a complaint, the actress returns to the charge. This time, it is for defamation that she decides to actdenouncing the comments of Nicolas Duvauchelle who seems to seek to minimize or alter the truth of the facts. In a recent interview, she revealed her determination to do justice and make her voice heard, despite the contradictions of her former partner.
Sara Forestier, victim of violence which disrupted her career
In 2017, during the filming of the film Bonhomme, Sara Forestier and Nicolas Duvauchelle shared the headliner. But things are not going to go as well as hoped. After receiving a violent slap from Duvauchelle, the actress left the setleaving its role to
Ana Girardot. This seemingly gratuitous gesture had far more serious consequences than one could imagine. Sara Forestier recently explained on the set of the show
Daily that she was the victim of profound trauma, with significant effects on her mental health.
This violent altercation not only ruined his professional plans, but also had repercussions on his personal life. For several years, the actress was unable to return to workremaining in the shadows, haunted by this experience. Last November, she spoke and told Yann Barthès about her ordeal.
Nicolas Duvauchelle minimizes the facts
While the affair seemed to have fallen into oblivion, the media return of Sara Forestier did not fail to revive the controversy. In response to the actress's accusations, Nicolas Duvauchelle published a message on his Instagram account. Message in which the actor firmly denies the facts and questions his colleague's version. For him, this situation would be manipulation in an already chaotic context. However, Sara Forestier did not accept this version of the story and decided to file a complaint for defamation, believing that her former partner would try to minimize the facts.
The actress detailed the inconsistencies in Nicolas Duvauchelle's comments, notably in the minutes in which he admits to having “pushed back“Sara Forestier's face with her hand. According to her, this gesture is far from innocent, and she denounces the way in which the actor seeks to minimize the incident by using far-fetched justifications. Especially since if the actor had publicly been hit by the actress, he would not have made the same speech in front of the police officers who interviewed him. “SO that in front of the police in the report, he said that I never touched him“, she said on the set of the show In the open air of
Médiapart.
