In 1974, Lino Ventura said to a young Isabelle Adjani the most famous slap in the face of French cinema in the film of the same name. 50 years later, the episode is much less glorious, but it pits Sara Forestier and Nicolas Duvauchelle against each other over an alleged slap during a joint shoot in 2021, on the film Bonhomme.
Back in the limelight with Emmanuel Mouret’s drama Trois Amies, after three years away from the set, the actress explained Thursday evening on the set of Quotidien the reason for her absence: “I needed to take a few years to rebuild myself because I’d been hit by an actor on a film. I went to the police station and left the film. We don’t talk much about that for women, the trauma. In other words, there’s the whole aftermath (where) you have to rebuild yourself. So I took that time. I filed a complaint “she said.
The actor concerned, Nicolas Duvauchelle, is never mentioned, but the numerous recriminations on his social networks prompted him to to break his silence on Instagram: “Let it be clear to all the pseudo cardboard vigilantes… I never touched Sara Forestier, several witnesses were present including the director and an investigation was carried out by the courts. Please respect the verdict. I intend to sue all the smart alecks who continue to cowardly post messages to me”.