“ There is a correlation between the way male power is exercised, the representation of women in films and the strength of stereotypes in cinema and society », proclaims the actress Clotilde Hesme. She is part of it, along with other similar actresses Arianna Labed AND Alice de Lencquesaing of the Actors’ Association (ADA) which they created in spring 2022 to exchange their experiences, but also to question the representations of women on the big screen.
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“Creating solidarity between actresses”
All three confided in the columns of Publication on their commitment through this association. Their main desire? First of all, create solidarity among the actresses who “ I missed him dearly for so many years “. But also, ” create narratives and interpret stories that interrupt relations of domination »Reports Clotilde Hesme.
“At the ADA, we continue to hear testimonies of on-set abuse that can go as far as endangering others. They are girls wounded in the flesh, in the soul. It’s nothing! We want to preserve the joy that this profession brings. Except that, for the moment, it is often undermined by power relations. It is unbearable that they destroy careers and people. »
Clotilde Hesme.
They thus describe the filming locations as almost sacred places and denounce the myth of the omnipotent filmmaker. Therefore, actresses are not necessarily protected in case of conflict with the direction or production.
“We are asked to work in compliance with the labor code”
As a result, in the event of aggression on a film set, conflict resolution is almost non-existent: “ In any case, it seems to me that if the attacks happen publicly, in a bar, or elsewhere, the witnesses react. Furthermore, a shot is the site of many extremes in an ultra-condensed time. The pleasure of playing, of living intensely. Pleasure to work! You spend a very large sum in a very short time. “, relationships Alice de Lencquesaingartistic director of the small Chariot theater.
However, there are tools on set to protect actresses from on-set attacks. But according to the actress and director Arianna Labed, “ in France we refuse to use them “. So with the ADA, members want to impose new standards on filming, to better protect it: “ We are asked to work in compliance with the labor code. Nothing more. Where else do we take real successes without it being a problem? » he asserts.
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