As French cinema basks in Academy Awards attention, actors who allege they were teenage victims of sexual and physical abuse by directors decades older than them are shining the light on the repulsive underside of the country's industry. French newspapers Le Parisien and Liberation report that actress Judith Godreche is to make a speech on sexual violence in the cinema …
I’m struggling a bit this month. Then there are the usual pencilled diary dos for middle-aged women: the Monday morning cardio class that I’d just started attending, and the Friday lunchtime yoga session with Anna. Judith and I have continued recording remotely throughout lockdown; my agent’s vast office complex having been under wraps since March, and all those desks empty. …
