Director Nils Tavernier accused of rape: the complex release of his film “Life Before Me”

Nils Tavernier is releasing a new film in theaters on Wednesday, February 26, "La vie devant moi". The director is not promoting it, is not participating in previews. He is invisible, or rather he has been made invisible. In April 2024, "le Nouvel Obs" revealed that the director was the target of two complaints of rape. The two complainants, former aspiring actresses who did not know each other, denounced facts dating back to 1993 and 2012 respectively. The director, interviewed at the time by "le Nouvel Obs", had denied the accusations, declaring himself "stunned" .

The film was already being shot when the article was published on April 5, 2024. For the entire team, the production, the technicians, the actors (Guillaume Gallienne, Sandrine Bonnaire, Rod Paradot, etc.), and for the journalist and writer Guy Birenbaum whose beautiful book inspired the story, these revelations came like cannonballs. Not only did they shock and upset them, but they also forced them to answer this question, which had become…

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