She was a guest of From seven to eight, this Sunday 24 March. The actress Vahina Giocante, whose autobiographical work “Open body” will be released in bookstores in a few days, spoke with Audrey Crespo-Mara about the incest she suffered at the hands of her father, who was condemned by the court.
“ Hug that rock »
The actress recalled for the first time ” caresses » at bath time, when he was four or five years old. Her parents are separated and the child regularly stays with his father, in a ” very free, very conducive to this kind of moment “. The years that followed were marked by what she described as “ hug that rock “. Then, at seven years old, a milestone was reached. The actress then describes a Fellatio. “ There we overcome the limit of a father’s tenderness and move on to the desire of a man. he describes, without hiding his disgust.
His father asks him for favors. always in the form of games, experiences “. One day he understands that this is not normal.” At one point we had an exchange where he told me that if I spoke out the consequences could be very serious, that he could go to prison and that we would be separated forever. So at that moment he makes me an accomplice to the crime”
Move of mercy”
Eleven years old, the young girl no longer wants to return to her father. She tells her mother about her without specifying why or how. She remained silent and even refused to speak to the child psychiatrist that her mother took her to see. That’s a secret “ accentuates this feeling of shame. That is, we must hide it, we must never let it be known. You grow up and this shame grows with you. »
It was during a conversation with her mother years later that she decided to press charges. Her mother tells her that her little sister, who was 8 years old at the time, no longer wants to see her father, “like you then”. And the “Coup de grace”.
“I miss the ground under my feet. I never considered the possibility that it could happen to her again. It’s intolerable for her. At that time I also had another two year old sister. [d’une autre union, du côté de son père, ndlr.]. At that moment I knew I had to put an end to this. »
Vahina Giocante, From seven to eight
He then confronts his father, who denies the allegations about his little sister, but admits to committing incest with her. He suggests they meet to talk about it, to which she replies: “This is what I’ll do. I’m not coming and tomorrow I will go to juvenile detention to file a complaint against you “. It will be executed.
After two years of investigations, justice won its case. His father will be sentenced to three years in prison,” one with a suspended sentence I believe, revocation of civil and family rights and a symbolic frank » recalls the actress on TF1.
“This book is a healing journey”
He recounts this incest in his work With an open body, which will be published on Thursday 28 March by Robert Laffont editions. He talks about the impact this had on his life, his difficult reconstruction and the abuse he subsequently suffered in the world of cinema. In this regard he clarifies the accusations already made a few weeks earlier against the director Benoît Jacquot with whom he had filmed No scandal in 1999. The latter is also the subject of a complaint by the actress Judith Godrèche for “Violent rape of a minor under 15 years old”. “He’s the only director I mention in my book. I decided to give it a name to follow Judith Godrèche’s words. Stand next to her, behind her. And he’s the only one I mentioned, because I was very shocked by his arrogance » agrees Vahina Gociante.
This book, continues the actress, aims to be a message of hope for the victims.
“I didn’t write it for myself, because I came to a very calm and peaceful moment in my life. I wrote it for the 160,000 children who find themselves in the prison of shame every year. We can overcome it and this book is a healing journey. I often hear that incest cannot be cured. I am living proof that it can be cured. »
Vahina Giocante, From seven to eight
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