France’s #MeToo moment
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
When the #MeToo movement first emerged in America in 2017, women in France spoke out about their own experiences, but it’s taken until this year to feel things might be changing. Is France’s glittering cinema industry, and society in general, ready to address cultural issues of consent and historical sexual abuse?
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