Adèle Haenel provokes a political moment on the set of “La Grande Librairie”
The former actress took advantage of her “carte blanche” to denounce France’s policy towards the situation in Palestine.
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Invited on France 5 in “La Grande Librairie”, Adèle Haenel concluded her intervention with a political “carte blanche”, accusing the State of Israel of genocide in Palestine and qualifying France as an accomplice.
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Why It Matters
Adèle Haenel left the world of cinema in 2023 and presents her first work entitled Aiming Right.
A “personal, free carte blanche”, concludes the host at the end of these three minutes. A way, for Augustin Trapenard, of recalling the context of Adèle Haenel's very political speech in “La Grande Librairie”.
Wednesday on France 5, the heroine of Portrait of a Girl on Fire (2019), who left the world of cinema in 2023, came to present Aim Fair, alongside Virginie Despentes, Philippe Jaenada and Lilia Hassaine. A first work in which she recounts the path following trauma and tackles what she calls the “wall of denial” in our society.
Perilous transition
At the end of discussions where the ousting of Olivier Nora, the professional status of an author, Jane Eyre or the depth of the news stories were discussed, she was responsible for closing the show. “That’s the principle, I give one of the guests carte blanche for a text that he writes. It’s a way of making literature exist,” introduces Augustin Trapenard, host of a show which is an exception in French television. During this sequence, the ex-actress staged in the second person the “leap” into the void that constitutes the speaking of a rape victim.
“The family table where you sit is a diving board. You will have to run and jump in a word. The rest of the sentence will follow, like an irremediable fall. Fear speeds up your heart, but there, outside, you swore to yourself not to back down. For you and all the others who speak in your voice. So the word gets out. He raped me. »
Adèle Haenel soon slips from one subject to another, at the cost of a perilous transition. “I too have made a decision. I’m going to talk,” she says, visibly anxious. “This chair where I sit is a diving board. The first word will be a leap into the television silence that engulfs the country. The State of Israel is committing genocide in Palestine and France is complicit. Don’t accept the unacceptable. So sanction Israel and liberate Palestine. »
Conviction of Christophe Ruggia
Authors from diverse backgrounds spoke during these carte blanche sessions. The Franco-American Susie Morgenstern made a declaration of love when she read it, when Emmanuel Carrère paid tribute to Boualem Sansal, then imprisoned in Algeria. The novelist Maria Pourchet defended nuance, “this part that we could abandon in the impatience to arbitrate”. A counterpoint to radicality.
Open Questions
- What will be the reactions of the France 5 channel following this speech?
