So, this “something else” will be the continuation of her fight “for justice” and not for the cinema. “The reality is that in many cases, people don’t have the opportunity to have their case heard in court.”
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When she was between 12 and 14 years old, Adèle Haenel was sexually assaulted by Christophe Ruggia, director of the film “The Devils” in which she starred. “I feel like my childhood was massacred. But that’s not really what I want to talk about, actually,” responds Adèle Haenel. “Today, I want to talk about all the children who are currently suffering. About all the children who are currently isolated […] The reparation lies in the transformation of society.“
Adèle Haenel will dedicate herself to activism “for a world in which all childhoods are possible, all childhoods are protected and livable, sheltered from violence, sheltered from bombs, sheltered from rape.”
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Asked about a potential return to cinema, Adèle Haenel responds that she “is doing theater” and then denounces “an industry that constructs imaginary worlds that do not help us to get out of the crisis.” In her eyes, this industry has not learned from its mistakes and still portrays “extremely problematic narratives in the stories they create.” The actress mentions a normalization in cinema of cruelty, racism, sexism. “I don’t want to be a part of that,” she insists.
