chinadaily双语版：IMF前总裁卡恩将起诉戛纳电影影射性侵门

1、china daily 双语版：IMF前总裁卡恩将起诉戛纳电影影射性侵门Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has instructed lawyers to sue the makers of a movie in which veteran French star Gerard Depardieu plays a sex addict who commits a sexual assault on a hotel maid, his lawyer said on Monday.Welcome to New York by Abel Ferrara

2、, which had a private screening on the sidelines of the Cannes film festival at the weekend and has been on pay-per-view in France, is billed as a piece of fiction and comes with a legal disclaimer.But Strauss-Kahns lawyer said the film was defamatory in that its subject matter was similar to the ac

3、cusations leveled against Strauss-Kahn, who quit the Washington-based International Monetary Fund in 2021 after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault.Strauss-Kahn settled a civil case taken by the maid after criminal charges were dropped.This happened three years ago and he was cleared

4、, lawyer Jean Veil told Europe 1 radio on Monday.He is frightened, sickened (by the film). He has instructed his lawyers, myself, to make a complaint for defamation based on accusations of rape, on the insinuations made throughout this film.Interviewed by Reuters TV in Cannes, fimlmaker Ferrara said

5、 the film was fiction and that he had the right to choose his subjects.I m not on trial, Ferrara said. I m an artist, Ihave freedom of speech. I m from America I m from the country of the free, land of the free and home of the brave.The film begins with an extended sex-party scene before the encount

6、er between the main character, George Devereau, and a maid. Throughout the over 20-minute scene, Depardieu appears naked and flits from one bacchanalian encounter to another.Reporters the screening were handed a gift bag containing condoms and Viagra.Trade publication Variety called the film in a re

7、view a sure-fire scandal-starter in France and said the audacious performance (from Depardieu) is undeniably the pics chief selling point, a view shared by most critics.Films that are not competing in the official 12-day film festival at Cannes often hold screenings nonetheless in order to gain publ

8、icity. Following the Welcome to New York screening, the film was made available throughout France on pay-per-view.查看译文据其彳师5月19日称,国际货币基金组织前总裁多米尼克斯特 劳斯卡恩将起诉影片?欢送到纽约来?的制片方.这部影片于今年 法国戛纳国际电影节期间正式亮相.影片中,法国老牌影星杰拉德德帕迪约饰演一个有性瘾的人,这个角色对宾馆招待实行了性侵 犯.?欢送来纽约?是阿贝尔费拉拉的作品,影片将于 5月17日以 在互联网上付费“视频点播的方式正式亮相.这部电影被认为是虚 构作品

9、,有免责声明.不过,卡恩的律师称,这部电影存有诽谤,由于电影中的性侵和 卡恩当年面临的起诉内容如出一辙.2021年,一名女招待指控卡恩性 侵,此后他辞去了国际货币基金组织的工作.针对卡恩的刑事指控未能成立,卡恩和女招待又因民事案件对簿 公堂.“这件事就发生在三年前,他很清楚. 5 月19日,律师吉 恩威尔在法国欧洲第一电台这样说.“他被电影弄得又心慌又 恶心,已经让律师一一也就是我一一提起起诉,由于整部电影的内容 都在诽谤他性侵.费拉拉在戛纳接受了路透社的电视采访,他说电影是虚构的,他 有权利选择这个题材.“我不是审案的,费拉拉说,“我是个艺术家,我有言论自由. 我来自自由的美国,自由之国,英勇之地.电影的开头是很长的一段性聚会场面,这时主角乔治迪微瑞尔 George Devereau和女招待还没有相遇.在整个 20分钟的场景中, 德帕迪约赤*出镜,在放纵地和很多人相会.看片记者都收到了装