“These crimes must be punished”: Rachida Dati supports Judith Godrèche a few hours before the 2024 César

Rachida Dati s'exprime à quelques heures de la cérémonie des César 2024. EPA – CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

This Friday, February 23, 2024, the Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, spoke about the numerous controversies affecting French cinema, a few hours before the César ceremony.

A clear opinion. Rachida Dati, the Minister of Culture, spoke in the magazine Le Film Français this Friday, a few hours of the start of the 49th César 2024 ceremony. The member of the government first welcomed the speech that Judith Godrèche will make this evening, before denouncing a "collective blindness which lasted for years", reports BFMTV.

"We're talking about child crime"

The Minister of Culture expressed her clear opinion on the controversies which have shaken the world of French cinema in recent months. "Today, an entire system is becoming aware of its collective blindness, a blindness that lasted for years", she said.

"This is not a reality that I am discovering today. It's not for nothing that I became a magistrate. I believe in justice. These crimes, when they are not prescribed which is unfortunately often the case, must be punished", castigated Rachida Dati.

"The freedom of creation is total but here we are not talking about art, we are talking about child crime. Having sexual relations with a minor under the age of fifteen is a crime. It's a profound questioning that is opening up for French cinema", she concluded.

A special ceremony

This Friday, the 49th César ceremony will take place, for the occasion, the actress will speak live on sexual and gender-based violence, announcement < em>The Parisian.

Cinema enthusiasts will not miss this event. This Friday, February 23, 2024, from 8:45 p.m., the César ceremony will begin. This 49th edition will take place in the legendary Olympia hall, in Paris. 

The high mass of cinema will be broadcast unencrypted, live and exclusively on Canal +. The only certainty regarding the awarding of the Césars is that two personalities will be rewarded with an honorary César. They are Agnès Jaoui and Christopher Nolan.