Also I’m glad I never liked the films of Luc Besson, because that guy is peak
I always had a feeling that guy was a sex pest, for years. Some of his scenes in some of his movies (and not his most well-known ones) always reeked of enjoying exploiting women; like usually it'd be the bad guy doing it but something felt off, like the filmmaker truly got his socks off filming that shit, with the scene being shocking. Also, a very large amount of his movies are basically "manly dude has <big car>, woman with creepily childish behaviour needs to be saved, dude kicks asses and save her, they bang".
So, thoroughly unsurprised when the SA allegations (from nine different women no less) came out. And sadly unsurprised when his trial for r*pe was eventually dismissed (with the judge never even bothering to meet with the plaintiff) - that dude has been close to the political sphere for years; his movies get a shit-ton of public money from the French gov. It was a common sight to see him in the visitors' gallery at the national assembly every times laws about enforcing IP were voted on, waving to his congressman friends (with some of them even referencing his presence in their speech).
I always had a feeling that guy was a sex pest, for years. Some of his scenes in some of his movies (and not his most well-known ones) always reeked of enjoying exploiting women; like usually it'd be the bad guy doing it but something felt off, like the filmmaker truly got his socks off filming that shit, with the scene being shocking. Also, a very large amount of his movies are basically "manly dude has <big car>, woman with creepily childish behaviour needs to be saved, dude kicks asses and save her, they bang".
So, thoroughly unsurprised when the SA allegations (from nine different women no less) came out. And sadly unsurprised when his trial for r*pe was eventually dismissed (with the judge never even bothering to meet with the plaintiff) - that dude has been close to the political sphere for years; his movies get a shit-ton of public money from the French gov. It was a common sight to see him in the visitors' gallery at the national assembly every times laws about enforcing IP were voted on, waving to his congressman friends (with some of them even referencing his presence in their speech).