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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Sexual violence and harassment ‘endemic’ in French entertainment industry, report finds

Film industry figures cover their hands with their mouths
Actors including Judith Godrèche (front row, fourth from left), stage a protest on the red carpet at Cannes in 2024 to highlight violence against women in the film industry. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Sexual violence and sexual harassment are “endemic” in France’s entertainment industry, a damning report by French politicians has found, concluding that women and children are still being routinely preyed on, despite the country’s #MeToo movement.

The Green MP Sandrine Rousseau and the centrist Erwan Balanant found that sexual violence, harassment and bullying were “systemic, endemic and persistent” in all sectors of the French culture and entertainment industry, from TV and cinema to theatre, radio, comedy, advertising, rock and classical music.

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