2024-01-09 13:00:20
Anatomy of a fall caused a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or in May, and on Sunday at the Golden Globes, where it won awards for best foreign language film and best screenplay.
But it is on another register, darker, that Justine Triet’s film is now illustrated, through its main actor, Samuel Theis. Release et Telerama have in fact revealed that the 45-year-old actor is accused of rape by a technician from the last film he directed, I swearnotably with Louise Bourgoin, Marina Foïs and Anaïs Demoustier, and filmed last summer.
The complainant claims to have been raped by the star during a very drunken evening on June 30. For his part, Samuel Theis declares that it was a consensual relationship with the young man.
But the affair caused a stir among the technical team, as written Release, and production had to manage the crisis. The publication thus reveals that the technician in question left his position and had all of his fees paid. He was also offered legal assistance, and an exceptional protocol was put in place to deal with the most urgent matters and investigate internally.
The filmmaker was thus subject to a confinement measure to preserve the teams and continue filming. Samuel Theis had to notify the team when he wanted to intervene on the set, in order to allow those who wanted to avoid his presence. Conversely, those who wished to see him might visit him freely in a dedicated, separate space. An unprecedented filming situation to say the least.
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