Less than a day after being accused of having sexually harassed actress Adele Haenel starting when she was 12, filmmaker Christophe Ruggia was expelled from the French directors’ guild.
The removal of Ruggia from the Societé des Realisateurs de Films (Srf) follows the publication of an investigative report in the French website Mediapart in which Haenel alleges that Ruggia, who directed her in her first film, the 2002 drama “The Devils” (“Les diables”), exerted control over her and repeatedly made sexual advances when she was between the ages of 12 and 15.
The directors’ guild said: “The Srf is giving its full support, its admiration and recognition to Adele Haenel, who had the bravery to express herself after all these years of silence. We wish to tell her that we trust her and are taking note of [her account] immediately, without sparing our own responsibility and without avoiding to question ourselves collectively.”
The organization said the...
The removal of Ruggia from the Societé des Realisateurs de Films (Srf) follows the publication of an investigative report in the French website Mediapart in which Haenel alleges that Ruggia, who directed her in her first film, the 2002 drama “The Devils” (“Les diables”), exerted control over her and repeatedly made sexual advances when she was between the ages of 12 and 15.
The directors’ guild said: “The Srf is giving its full support, its admiration and recognition to Adele Haenel, who had the bravery to express herself after all these years of silence. We wish to tell her that we trust her and are taking note of [her account] immediately, without sparing our own responsibility and without avoiding to question ourselves collectively.”
The organization said the...
- 11/5/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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