To take on our responsibilities?
To be actors, actresses of a world that is questioning itself?, she asked.
What are you saying?
Judith Godrèche at the 49th César AwardsGetty Images
Both directors have denied the accusations.
Godreche has said she was under his influence and that the relationship was wrong.
Its hard to stand here in front of all of you tonight.
There are so many of you.
Yet, in the end, I suppose it had to happen.
Face to face with each other, looking into each others eyes, she said.
Many of you have seen me grow up.
Its impressive, it has an impact.
When it comes down to it, Ive never known anything other than cinema, she continued.
So, to reassure myself, I invented a little lullaby along the way.
My clasped arms, theyre you, all the little girls in the silence.
My neck, my bent neck, its you, all the children in silence.
My wobbly legs, theyre you, the young men who couldnt defend themselves.
My trembling but also smiling mouth is you, my unknown sisters.
After all, I too am a crowd.
A crowd facing you.
A crowd that is looking you in the eye tonight.
Its a funny moment for all of us, isnt it?
A returnee from the Americas has come to kick in the armored door.
Who would have thought?
Godreche said it was time for the French film industry to usher in an new era.
Cinema is made up of our desire for truth.
Films watch us as much as we watch them.
Its also made out of our need for humanity.
Its in your hands.
We are in the spotlight.
At the dawn of a new day.
We can decide that men accused of rape should not be allowed to call the shots in cinema.
That, as they say, sets the tone.
We cant ignore the truth because its not our child, our son, our daughter.
He denies the accusation and the case is still ongoing.
