Jacques Doillon: Nora Hamzawi opposes the release of the film CE2, in which she stars

A month before its release in theaters, scheduled for March 27, Nora Hamzawi takes a stand against this film in which she plays one of the main roles. For the actress and comedian, the fact that the film’s release is being held is “a contempt for the words of women”.

In a message posted in an Instagram story on Tuesday 20 February, the actress specifies that she starred in Jacques Doillon’s film ” Four years ago ». She plays one of the main roles, that of a little girl whose son is a victim of school bullying, and claims:

“What is happening in the film industry, and what I hope extends to other industries, is essential and important. This is the priority thing to support today. »

Rape, sexual violence and sexual blackmail

Jacques Doillon is currently under investigation for “Rape of a 15-year-old minor by a person in authority », following a complaint lodged by Judith Godrèche. The day following this complaint, the actresses Anna Mouglalis and Isild le Besco also denounced acts of rape, sexual violence and blackmail committed by the 79-year-old director.

The first testified in the columns of Worldexplaining that the director he had kissed her forcefully during a party in a house where the actress’s husband and son were staying. Anna Mouglalis was 33 years old, Doillon 67. Following this testimony, the actress Isild le Bescot reported acts of sexual blackmail in 2000. “When I refused to sleep with him, he removed me from the project and gave the role to his daughter”remember.

The production justifies keeping the film

Despite the accusations against Jacques Doillon, the Arena Films production justified its decision to maintain the film’s release. Producer Bruno Pesery justified himself in a press release sent to AFP, arguing that this decision should not be so “welcomed as an expression of deafness or indifference towards the accusations made against its author”but that a film couldn’t adapt “on a judicial calendar”.