We no longer thought of seeing Gérard Depardieu on a movie set. And especially not before May 13, the date on which the Paris Criminal Court will render its judgment on the trial for sexual assault in which the actor is accused. Eighteen months suspended prison sentence were required against him for facts he disputes and which would have been committed on the set of the film “The Green Components” (2022).
Since December 2020, he has also been indicted following the rape complaint filed by the actress Charlotte Arnould, almost fifty years younger. The actor also rejects these accusations there.
On Instagram, the actress arrested Fanny Ardant to castigate “the indecency of (sound) choice” to entrust a role to Gérard Depardieu.
“A trial has just passed, what does it represent for you and how much do you feel above all of this?” The danger on filming is real. And it is also your responsibility for your team, “wrote Charlotte Arnould, deploring” a layer of denial “.
“The idea is not to condemn a man for life but already, for him to be rehabilitated in his own environment, it would be necessary to do what is necessary … recognize the crimes and crimes he committed throughout his life. I think Fanny was not really the right timing, ”she added.
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100 % Portuguese production
The shooting in which the former sacred monster of French cinema participates, aged 76, began in April on the island of Sao Miguel, the largest in the Archipelago of Azores, and must end next week, producer Ana Pinhao Moura told AFP, confirming information from the weekly here.
“It is 100 % Portuguese production,” she said. “It is a love story around two women who are on a mysterious island”.
Fanny Ardant, who signs the scenario and the realization, had testified in favor of Gérard Depardieu during his trial in the case of “green components”. “I am a woman myself, I experienced things like that, I swung slaps, insults. I know that we can say no to Gérard, “said the actress, defending her” lifelong friend “.
In the film she directed, Gérard Depardieu embodies “the island’s magician, a mysterious figure that makes the link between the other characters,” said Ana Pinhao Moura. This is not the first time that Gérard Depardieu has been running under the orders of Fanny Ardent. In 2017 he embodied Stalin in the film “Le Divan by Stalin” written and directed by his friend. He shared the poster there with Emmanuelle Seigner.
Will the public be there for this next film when most of the cinema professionals have already shot their backs? There is no doubt in any case that the release of this film will lead to new (and many) debates.
