“Suffering, we know what it is.” With tears, Juliette Binoche talks about the sexual violence she was a victim of.

The stage was suddenly filled with emotions. The guest of the program was Juliette Binoche Click TVTuesday, April 30. On this occasion, presenter Mulud Achur questioned the actress in a column published by the magazine. HE: , the same day that around a hundred men, mostly from the culture industry, expressed their support for the “Me Too” movement. Among them are actors and directors Mathieu Amalric and Cyril Dion, actor Reda Kateb and director Abderrahman Sissako. “Is it important for men to talk?” the host asked the French icon. “It’s fundamental,” he answered without hesitation. Because from the moment when we are heard, we are heard, first of all, we are different, and the pain, if we are heard, hurts a little less.” These words of the actress come from her experience, she spoke at length with the newspaper Set free about harassment and sexual assault during the filming of the film, but also outside.

Reiterating this interview, which was published on April 27, Mulud Achur then asked her if she had received support from some members of the film industry since then. “Especially the directors and Claire Denis,” replied Juliette Binoche, mentioning the name of the director she played for. Such beautiful sunshineWhen the host asks her about the nature of this support, the actress quotes the words that screenwriter Christophe Honoré addressed to her, which she describes as “something simple, but which has really done me good.” “He told me. “You shouldn’t have gone through that,” she says, getting emotional. As tears flow from his eyes, Mulud Achour replies: “We all think so” and adds that he was surprised how the actress could live this and why.

“We understand each other better”

With a shaky voice and moist eyes, Juliette Binoche still managed to speak again. “At the same time, I think it’s made me stronger, because it makes me braver, because it makes me more human,” he added at first, barely containing himself. “When we experience suffering, pain or hardship, it certainly creates flaws in us because it breaks, betrays, mistreats,” he continued, weighing his every word. But at the same time we understand, there is something that means we know what he suffered, as a result we understand the other person better. We can have more vulnerability, compassion, it allows us to be more human because we have to break down so much pride, everything that makes us a little bit tough.

in his interview with Set freeJuliette Binoche, however, assured that these injuries have not damaged her passion for cinema. “Low blows, inappropriate gestures, sexist expressions. I don’t forget them, they poison life, but they remain secondary. After all, all is forgiven. Everything has transformed, everything has shaped me. The desire to give myself through play remains stronger, the art of play is a form of secret joyful knowledge, impossible to grasp, impossible to steal.”