00:00 She landed her first major role in a film when she was 14.
00:04 Now aged 51, renowned French actress Judith Godrej has spoken out for the first time about events behind the scenes.
00:12 She has accused filmmaker Benoit Jacot of rape.
00:16 When I started out as a child, I was so docile. I was so indoctrinated.
00:24 Soon she was in what she said was a relationship with Jacot, 25 years her senior, which quickly included sexual violence.
00:32 Sexual abuse, yes. And sexual sadism.
00:36 Immediately, yes, immediately.
00:38 Yes, of course.
00:41 On Wednesday, Jacot responded to the accusations in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde.
00:47 I was drawn to her. It was I, without irony, who was under her spell for six years.
00:52 I think that if she hadn't left, I'd still be with her today.
00:56 Speaking on a French radio station on Thursday, Godrej made another shock revelation.
01:01 She alleged another director abused her when she was a minor. His name, Jacques Doyon.
01:06 It was in a love scene, a sex scene between him and me.
01:10 We did 45 takes. I took off my jumper, I'm shirtless, and then he's groping me, making out with me.
01:18 She says the events took place in the house of Jane Birkin, Doyon's partner at the time.
01:23 It was an extremely painful situation for her.
01:26 Godrej's allegations are the latest in an upswing of sexual assault allegations in the French film industry,
01:32 challenging what's been denounced as a culture of complacency.
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