Par Laura Terrazas
Published yesterday at 8:51 p.m., Updated 12 hours ago
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VIDEO – The actress testifies in her book Open Body about the incest of which she was a victim. In the portrait of Audrey Crespo-Mara on TF1, she draws a parallel with the abuse that young actresses suffer in the world of cinema, thus echoing the words of Judith Godrèche.
A strong testimony of Vahina Giocante this Sunday March 24 in “Sept à quatre” on TF1. The actress recounts with courage and determination the incest she suffered as a child in her book Open body, published by Robert Laffont. She intends to demonstrate that the mechanisms of domination are similar in “the somewhat incestuous cinema family” on young actresses.
“I’m probably 4 or 5 years old. I’m in my bath, my father too. There are caresses”, begins Vahina Giocante. His mother is absent, his parents have been separated for several years. “The space was very conducive. There was touching. There were never moments of violence, a kind of hug that turns upside down. Thank God it didn’t go as far as penetration, that’s what saved me.” she continues before mentioning fellatio and emotional blackmail to force the child she was not to speak. “We go beyond the limit of a father’s tenderness and move on to the desire of a man”explained Vahina Giocante.
His father sentenced
At the age of ten, she realizes that her little sister is also a victim of their father. This is what pushed her to speak out and then file a complaint. His father was sentenced to three years in prison, one of which was suspended, with the withdrawal of his family rights and a fine of a symbolic franc. A trivial sentence, but which allows the actress to rebuild herself: “I was heard, recognized even if I lost everything too”. Part of his family turns their back on him. “I am ousted from the family, I am an outcast”she regrets before drawing a parallel with the world of cinema in which she has evolved since adolescence.
I decided to name him to support the words of Judith Godrèche, to put myself at her side.
Vahina Giocante in “Seven to Eight”
In her book, she reports on the abuse suffered by young actresses whose attackers are protected by the entire system. And these same blackmails which silence the victims. Fatherly love is replaced by the fear of no longer working. In both cases, the authority figure seems untouchable. Words that resonate to those of Judith Godrèche for several weeks in the media and at the last Cesar ceremony.
Vahina Giocante in turn accuses the director Benoît Jacquot, already denounced by Judith Godrèche and Isild Le Besco. “I decided to appoint him to support the words of Judith Godrèche, to put myself at her side. She’s right. We can collectively bring down a system. It’s a self-examination”, explains the actress to Audrey-Crespo Mara. The facts date back to the filming of No scandalin 1999. She was 18 years old.
Blackmail for the next movie
«I am told that Benoît Jacquot likes very young women”says Vahina Giocante before describing an episode in particular: “There’s a scene where I have to get out of bed wearing a pretty long t-shirt. Benoît Jacquot said to me “I would like us to do it again but for you to take off your panties””. The young actress protests. “You don’t argue, it’s my film”, the director would have replied. She finds the solution, wearing flesh-colored underwear. “I go back to the set, he thinks I’m naked, I won. He looks at me and says “you see whenever you want”. I feel this relationship of domination, continues to tell the guest of “Seven to Eight”.
Benoît Jacquot then declared to him: “I don’t know if you understand. If you’re nice, you’ll do the next one.”talking about his upcoming films. “I said ‘I’m not a good girl.’ He was then obnoxious on set, but at least I had peace of mind.”concluded Vahina Giocante.
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