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France detains top film directors over sex abuse allegations

France detains top film directors over sex abuse allegations

French authorities have detained two leading arthouse film directors, Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, over accusations of sexual abuse, as a renewed #MeToo reckoning rocks France’s film industry.

Jacquot, 77, and Doillon, 80, arrived at a Paris police station on Monday morning, accompanied by their lawyers, according to the AFP news agency.

The directors’ detention over alleged abuses, some dating back to the 1980s and all of which they deny, came as activists say French cinema has…


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