Does France have a #MeToo problem?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In the same week that Harvey Weinstein was convicted for sexual assaults in New York, Roman Polanski won the award for best director at the Césars, the French equivalent of the Oscars. The actor Adele Haenel, who accused a director of sexually abusing her when she was a child, denounced the decision and walked out of the ceremony. Polanski has been accused of assaulting several women, including a 13-year-old girl in 1977. France’s #MeToo movement also criticised Polanski’s award, saying that French institutions tend to reward a person’s art over their actions and that the country is slow to listen to women. In the episode we speak to Anne Elizabeth Moutet who signed a letter saying #MeToo had gone too far. We also speak to journalist Alice Kantor about the generational gap and why she thinks sexism is deep-rooted in French society. Presenter: Matthew Price Producers: Katie Gunning and Alicia Burrell Mixed by Emma Crowe Editor: Harriet Noble

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:06.1	Hello, I'm Matthew Price.
0:07.7	This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4,
0:10.2	where we ask one big question about one big story.
0:13.0	Today, does France have a me too problem?
0:20.0	Today, does France have a me too problem?
0:23.0	We're actually going to start this 3,000 miles or so away from France.
0:35.2	This is the age of empowerment of women and you cannot intimidate them anymore.
0:41.0	Outside a New York courtroom where they were celebrating just a few days ago the conviction of
0:46.9	Harvey Weinstein.
0:50.9	It was a big moment for the Me Too movement in the States.
0:55.0	Now fast forward to Friday and come back this side of the Atlantic.
1:16.0	To a theatre in Paris, where the French film world was holding its annual awards, The Cezars, their equivalent of the Oscars.
1:25.3	Where a film made by the controversial French Polish director Roman Polanski, he's made films like the pianist, his film had the most nominations of any movie at the Cesar's. And when the award for Best Director came up,
1:34.3	Roman Polonsky for Jacques Gu.
1:37.0	Polonsky won it.
1:41.2	In the TV footage you see this one woman, an actor Adele Hanel, get up and walk out of the theatre in protest.
1:49.0	Some people applauded and some people felt outraged and either did not applaud or left the house.
1:56.0	This is Anne Elizabeth Mute.
1:59.0	She's a French journalist.
2:01.0	She had the awards on in the background last Friday night.
2:04.0	She walked out saying they are giving rewards to rapists and I'm going away.
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