“I was raped on set”: Caroline Ducey accuses a director of forcing her to act out sex scenes “for real”

Caroline Ducey played the lead role in the film “Romance” by Catherine Breillat, released in 1999. MAXPPP – TIBOUL

Caroline Ducey played the lead role in the film "Romance" by Catherine Breillat, released in 1999. The actress denounces in a book a rape during a scene. Facts which, according to her, occurred while she was under the influence of the director Catherine Breillat. The filmmaker categorically denies it.

She claims to have been raped during the filming of the movie "Romance", by Catherine Breillat, released in 1999. Actress Caroline Ducey made these accusations in her book "La Prédation (noun feminine)", published by Albin Michel.

She discussed the subject during an interview with Nouvel Obs, this Tuesday, August 27, 2024 and also reveals having been under the influence of the filmmaker. Catherine Breillat denies this and intends to file a complaint for defamation, France Info points out.

“Neither in the original script nor in the contract that I will sign later, is there any question that these (sex) scenes are not simulated”, affirms the actress Caroline Ducey in Le Nouvel Obs.

“For real”

The film tells the story of Marie, sexually frustrated in her relationship and who will have a series of new experiences. When Caroline Ducey accepted the role, she was a student and dreamed of cinema.

According to the actress's account, during a scene filmed with François Berléand, Catherine Breillat "insists" that the actor perform digital penetration "for real". The two actors are cunning, reports BFM in particular.

A few days later, the 21-year-old actress has to shoot another scene with Rocco Siffredi, a pornographic film actor.

“My body is closing”

“I hear Catherine (Breillat) screaming that she needs me. I arrive, she tells me that she has changed her mind and that he and I have to shoot a sex scene, continues Caroline Ducey. I feel his cock trying to enter me, but my body closes."

"Rocco has the elegance not to force me. A few days later, however, I would be raped on the set,” Caroline Ducey told the Nouvel Obs.

The events allegedly occurred during the filming of another scene from "Romance", according to the actress, as reported by France Info.

"A black hole"

“I have to hear the words “cunnilingus” and “sodomy”, but at this point, I don't even know what I hear anymore. Catherine asks me to take off my tights and panties, for reasons of “realism”. I comply”, she says in this interview with Nouvel Obs.

“We start the engine. I feel an intense burning sensation: Reza (the man who plays the scene with her) performed oral sex on me. I lose consciousness, I plunge into a black hole."

"A delusional accusation"

In a second article published by Le Nouvel Obs, Catherine Breillat denies the accusation of rape during the making of the film: "I affirm that Caroline was not raped on the set."

Personally accused by Caroline Ducey of having masturbated an actor on the set, the director evokes “a delusional accusation that aims to harm and demean (her).”

The director also gives another version concerning the non-simulated sexual acts: “(She) had accepted them, but it was not stipulated in her contract, so she was free not to film them.”