The speeches follow one another and all send shivers down your spine. Friday April 26, 2024 is Juliette Binoche who came out of silence to denounce sexual assault which she allegedly suffered when she was only seven years old. In a text published in the columns of Releaseshe explained having been “touched by a schoolteacher at age seven“, while the teacher “learned to read by caressing [son] sex behind his desk in front of class“.
At the same time, she wanted to denounce the sexist and sexual violence that she experienced in the cinema industry. While she was only in high school and already dreaming of becoming an actress, she remembered having the opportunity to talk with Dominique Besnehard.
Juliette Binoche denounces the behavior of a famous director
“I had the opportunity to have a coffee with Dominique Besnehard [producteur, ndlr] who suggested that I come to his office to bring a naked photo of myself, a clarification which had embarrassed mein the event of being taken in Claude Miller’s Mortelle Randonnée in the early 80s“, she said.
She also wore heavy accusations against director Pascal Kané. According to her, when she was still very young, she had acted with him on the film Liberty Belle. He would have offered to spend some time with him to discuss another project. “As he points out the view of the Seine front, he throws himself at me to kiss me. I pushed him away vigorously: ‘But I have a lover!’ I couldn’t believe it“, she further explained.
Juliette Binoche had to get naked on numerous occasions
She did not hesitate to compare the aggression she would have experienced at seven years old and that with the director Pascal Kané. “The shock was to realize that this director also used a ploy and my good faith to achieve his ends.” The 60-year-old actress also wanted to talk about the numerous castings where she was forced to get naked.
“During those two endless years when I struggled to survive in my quest to be an actress, I was often asked to take off my clothes for a casting call. I executed“, she recalled. The men accused by Juliette Binoche remain presumed innocent of the facts with which they are accused.
