Italian actress and director
Asia Argento feels Italy's conscience has been revived following
an outcry against abuses of power.
After she was one of the first to speak out against sexual
assault by powerful producer Harvey Weinstein, she said,
right-wing sections of Italy's media had attacked her in a
"rather disgusting" manner.
Since then, however, much has changed, she said.
Argento made these comments during an interview with Le Monde
at the Festival du Film Fantastique in Gérardmer, where she is
this year's head of the jury.
She added that Europeans had been more "far-sighted" than
Americans concerning the "injustices" she had suffered, noting
that many had understood that an actor accusing her of sexually
assaulting him as a minor, Jimmy Benett, had been "exploited".
The actress and director said that she had been "touched" by
this solidarity, since she had experienced a "terrible
2017-2018".
She also noted that the #Metoo movement had initially focused
on speaking out against serious abuses of power but had over
time become a "Hollywood product", "something that makes you
stupid, a bit fake and bigoted" and comparable to "the Christian
Democrats in all their splendour".
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