US EditionDepardieu Convicted. Cannes Reacts. But Did #MeToo Finally Win in France?
- On Tuesday 2025, Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexual assault and received an 18-month suspended sentence for inappropriate contact with two women during the production of a film in 2021 in France.
- The conviction followed numerous accusations and came amid long-standing resistance in France to holding famous artists accountable.
- Two days after Depardieu’s sentence, the Cannes Film Festival barred actor Théo Navarro-Mussy, accused by three women of rape, from attending a film premiere.
- Depardieu received an 18-month suspended sentence and is currently appealing; a lawyer for one of the women involved described the verdict as a significant turning point that challenges the longstanding protection once afforded to prominent artists.
- While the justice system slowly opens, fewer than 3% of over 22,000 reported rapes in France in 2024 led to conviction, showing ongoing challenges despite progress.
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Ottumwa Courier
What Depardieu's conviction and Cannes' response means for #MeToo in France
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With Depardieu's conviction, has #MeToo finally won in France?
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Gérard Depardieu: The rise and fall of a French film icon
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With Depardieu, has the #MeToo movement finally won in France?
This was a week of reckoning for powerful men in France’s film industry. The country's most famous male actor Gérard Depardieu was convicted of sexual assault. The Cannes Film Festival barred another performer accused of rape from walking the red…
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