Summer of 85 Review: François Ozon Delivers a Nostalgic Gay Love Story – IndieWire

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• WRER AND DIRECTOR FRANçOIS OZON TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW GAY ROMANCE
• SUMMER OF 85 REVIEW – FRANçOIS OZON'S SUNNY, SAD GAY TEEN ROMANCE
• FRANçOIS OZON: FRANCE’S RENOWNED AUTR AND HIS BT 5 SUBVERSIVE GAY FILMS
• FRANçOIS OZON'S NEW PEDOPHILE PRIT DRAMA BLOWS THE DOORS OFF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHTHE GAY FRENCH TR LLABORATED WH REAL-LIFE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABE FOR HIS POWERFUL LATT, "BY THE GRACE OF GOD." {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 25, 2019/2:25 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2420PX;WIDTH:3650PX;}MIC BOX FILMS"BY THE GRACE OF GOD."BY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 25, 2019 / 2:25 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANçOIS OZON'S NEW PEDOPHILE PRIT DRAMA BLOWS THE DOORS OFF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-25T18:25:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-25T18:25:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","KEYWORDS":"RELIGN","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANçOIS OZON HAS LONG BEEN REGARD AS AN ENFANT TERRIBLE OF FRENCH CEMA FOR HIS SUBVERSIVE, DARKLY IC, SEXUALLY PROVOTIVE, AND GENRE-HOPPG FILMS, CLUDG 2012’S IN THE HOE, 2003’S SWIMMG POOL, AND 2002’S MIL MURR MYSTERY 8 WOMEN (FEATURG A ST OF INIC FRENCH ACTRS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET THE GAY TR HAS EARNED A NEW REPUTATN AS THE GOOD SON THIS YEAR THANKS TO BY THE GRACE OF GOD, A BRISKLY PACED PROCRAL ABOUT THE REAL-LIFE SE OF A FRENCH PEDOPHILE PRIT, BERNARD PREYNAT; THE LYON-BASED CATHOLIC RDAL PHILIPPE BARBAR, WHO VERED UP AND ENABLED PREYNAT'S CRIM FOR S; AND THE ADULT VICTIMS WHO URGENTLY FOUGHT FOR JTICE AGAST A TICKG STATUTE-OF-LIMATNS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HELP OM PREYNAT’S VICTIMS AND THEIR ACTIVIST ANIZATN, LA PAROLE LIBéRéE (OR, LIFT THE BURN OF SILENCE ENGLISH), BY THE GRACE OF GOD TAK CU OM 2016’S OSR-WNG FILM SPOTLIGHT, FOLLOWG FATHER OF FIVE ALEXANDRE (MELVIL POUPD) AS HE REALIZ THE PRIT WHO ABED HIM S EARLIER, FATHER BERNARD PREYNAT (BERNARD VERLEY), IS STILL TERACTG WH CHILDREN. IN MUNITNS AND MEETGS WH CARDAL BARBAR (FRANçOIS MARTHOURET) AND PREYNAT HIMSELF, ALEXANDRE GROWS CREASGLY TRATED BY THE CHURCH’S ERTIA THE MATTER, WHICH LEADS TO HIS LLABORATN WH OTHER FORMER VICTIMS, CLUDG FELLOW FAY MAN FRANçOIS (DENIS MéNOCHET), WHOSE EXPERIENC SHATTERED HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS BROTHER, AND THE EMOTNALLY CRIPPLED, SEIZURE-PRONE EMMANUEL (SWANN ARLD).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NOW 74-YEAR-OLD PREYNAT UNSUCCSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK THE MOVIE'S RELEASE FRANCE, FOR FEAR WOULD FLUENCE HIS TRIAL (HE WAS OCKED BY THE CHURCH THIS PAST SUMMER, WHILE BARBAR WAS FOUND GUILTY CIVIL URT AND RECEIVED A SPEND PRISON SENTENCE). VISG NEW YORK DURG BY THE GRACE OF GOD’S OPENG WEEKEND, OZON SPOKE WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT THE POWERFUL FILM, WHICH HE WAS FIRST SPIRED TO MAKE WHEN G ACROSS THE VICTIMS’ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WERE THE VICTIMS FAIAR WH YOUR WORK WHEN YOU APPROACHED THEM TO MAKE THIS FILM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y. THEY HAD SEEN SOME OF MY FILMS, AND BEE I WAS A DIRECTOR OF FICTN FEATUR, THEY TSTED ME. THEY HAD DONE SO MANY TERVIEWS WH JOURNALISTS AND TV PEOPLE, THEY WERE VERY PROUD THAT SOMEONE OM THE FICTN WORLD ME TO THEM, AND WAS RIGHT AFTER SPOTLIGHT, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FRANCE. WHEN THEY DID TERVIEWS WH ME, I REALIZED THEY WERE WAG FOR ME TO MAKE A KD OF FRENCH SPOTLIGHT ABOUT THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN YOUR RECENT TERVIEW WH THE GUARDIAN, YOU MENTNED THAT YOU NARROWLY AVOID BEG MOLTED BY A PRIT WHEN YOU WERE 7 OR 8 DURG A GAME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, WAS SOMETHG I HAD TOTALLY FOTTEN. WHILE LISTENG TO THE TTIMONI OF THE VICTIMS SUDNLY ME BACK TO ME, AND I REMEMBERED THIS VERY STRANGE MOMENT WH A PRIT WHEN I WAS A CHILD. I REALIZED MAYBE ULD HAVE HAPPENED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU NSIR TRYG TO FD THAT PRIT NOW, SO YOU ULD ASK HIM ABOUT ?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, NO. I REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT NOTHG HAPPENED, SO I THK WAS A FIGHT SI HIM.MIC BOX FILMSDENIS MÉNOCHET, MELVIL POUPD, AND ERIC CARAVA BY THE GRACE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L-R:) MELVIL POUPD, DENIS MÉNOCHET, AND ERIC CARAVA BY THE GRACE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU CI WHICH VICTIMS YOU'D AME THE FILM’S NARRATIVE AROUND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS OBV THAT I SHOULD E ALEXANDRE AND FRANçOIS' STORI. FOR THE THIRD CHARACTER, I WAS LOOKG FOR SOMEONE OM A DIFFERENT SOCIAL BACKGROUND—SOMEONE WHO MAYBE WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE A FAY AND CHILDREN AND A GOOD JOB. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT EMMANUEL, AND I MET HIM AND WAS VERY POWERFUL, BEE HE WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKG FOR. BUT I ALSO MET SOME OTHER VICTIMS WHO HELPED ME UNRSTAND MORE WHAT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG A SURVIVOR OF CHILD ABE IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU ALSO TRY TO FD A GAY MAN TO SPOTLIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, OF URSE. I ASKED, AND WAS VERY SAD BEE THE ANSWER THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT VERY OFTEN GAY MEN [ THE SUATNS] M SUICI. IT’S A REAL FIGHT FOR THEM TO E OUT AND MAKE THE LK WH WHAT HAPPENED AS A CHILD, BEG RAPED. SO WAS A STGGLE SI THEM, PECIALLY WH VERY CATHOLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME FEEL THAT THE POLICY OF CELIBACY WH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS PARTLY TO BLAME FOR SOME PRITS TURNG TO CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL RELEASE. DO YOU FEEL THIS IS THE SE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T KNOW. IT’S A BIG QUTN, BUT WHAT I SAW IS THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS TO START A REVOLUTN S RELATNSHIP WH SEXUALY. THERE IS A PROBLEM BEE SEXUALY IS ALWAYS LKED TO REPRODUCTN, AND AS LONG AS SEXUALY IS NOT ACCEPTED AS SOMETHG HUMAN, THIS CHANGE WON’T BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAN SAVAGE POTED OUT A TWEET THAT “IF KIDS GOT RAPED BY CLOWNS AS OFTEN AS THEY GET RAPED BY PRITS WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE CIRC.” WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP GOG BACK TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHEN THIS HAPPENS OVER AND OVER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NOT THE SE FRANCE. I THK THE CATHOLIC RELIGN HAS LOST MANY PEOPLE FRANCE BEE THEY WERE VERY SHOCKED BY THE WAY THE STUTN ALT WH ALL THE PROBLEMS. BUT MAYBE AMERI ’S DIFFERENT.MIC BOX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POUPD (RIGHT) BY THE GRACE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVE THERE BEEN ANY UPDAT ON PREYNAT AND BARBAR SCE THE FILM WAS RELEASED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PREYNAT WAS OCKED, AND THAT WAS A BIG VICTORY FOR THE SURVIVORS. BARBAR WAS NMNED AND WENT TO THE VATIN TO PROPOSE HIS RIGNATN TO POPE FRANCIS, BUT THE POPE REFED , AND THAT WAS A BIG SNDAL. PEOPLE, PECIALLY FRENCH CATHOLICS, DIDN’T UNRSTAND, BEE THE POPE DIDN’T STOP SAYG "ZERO TOLERANCE FOR PEDOPHILIA." HIS WORDS WERE ALWAYS AGAST PEDOPHILIA, BUT THE ACTS DON’T FOLLOW THOSE WORDS. A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOU PERSONALLY FEEL ABOUT PREYNAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK HE’S AN ASSHOLE AND A PRODUCT OF THE OLD CHURCH. HE DON’T REALLY FEEL GUILTY. HE LIV WH THIS VICE, AND ’S TERRIBLE BEE HE ALWAYS TOLD THE TTH. HE HAS ALWAYS SAID, "I HAVE A PROBLEM WH KIDS." AND THE STUTN PROTECTED HIM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, SO HE HAD A FEELG OF IMPUNY [LIKE] HE’S OUTSI OF REALY, BEYOND REALY. NOW HE’S OCKED AND HIS LIFE HAS TOTALLY CHANGED, BEE HE DON’T EXIST AS A PRIT OR HAVE THE STUTN TO PROTECT HIM ANYMORE. SO I HOPE HE HAS CHANGED, BUT I’M NOT SURE. WHEN I READ THE REPORTS OM HIS TERVIEWS, I GOT THE FEELG HE HASN’T UNRSTOOD WHAT HE REALLY HAD DONE.MIC BOX FILMSFRANçOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANçOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF TACKLG A REAL-LIFE BIG ISSUE CHANGED YOU AS A FILMMAKER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE WAS A GREAT ADVENTURE AND A BIG CHALLENGE FOR ME, AND WAS A BIG DISVERY TO SEE THGS N BE CHANGED THROUGH FICTN. OFTEN JOURNALISTS ASK ME AND OTHER DIRECTORS IF WE THK CEMA N CHANGE THE WORLD, AND WE ALWAYS ANSWER, "NO, OF URSE NOT." BUT WH THIS FILM, THGS REALLY DID CHANGE FRANCE. MANY VICTIMS TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM, AND THAT THE FILM MA EASIER TO ACCEPT AND SPEAK OUT AFTER WATCHG . SO THIS FILM WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FRANCE, AND I’M VERY PROUD OF THAT, BUT I DIDN’T IMAGE THAT BEFORE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THIS FILM NEED A FOLLOW-UP? IS THERE MORE TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT A POLICIAN. I’M AN ARTIST, AND DON’T GIVE THE ANSWERS TO ALL THE PROBLEMS. I JT ASK QUTNS. THAT’S WHAT TERTS ME. AFTERWARDS, 'S UP TO YOU TO CHANGE THGS. THAT’S WHY AT THE END OF THE FILM WHEN THE SON ASKS HIS FATHER ALEXANDRE, "DO YOU STILL BELIEVE GOD?," I DON’T SHOW THE ANSWER. IT’S BEE ’S NOT MY PART AS A DIRECTOR. MY PART IS JT TO ASK THE GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE GRACE OF GOD IS NOW PLAYG THEATERS NEW YORK CY AND LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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WRER AND DIRECTOR FRANçOIS OZON TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW GAY ROMANCE

It took me 30 years to do , but was nice to thk that now I was makg a first film over ’s a young adult novel – for teenagers at the time, gay teens pecially, was a revelatn, bee sexualy is never a problem .

At the time, the reprentatn of homosexualy cema – lerature too – was always problematic, was always about nflict, g out, transgrsn, guilt. I had a lot of problems on my earlier films, wh actors sayg: “I n’t play a gay role. Summer of 85: a queer g-of-age romance soaked sex, sun, and tragedy | Dazed⬅️ Left Arrow*️⃣ Asterisk␠StarOptn Slirs✉️ MailExCourty of CurzonFrançois Ozon’s latt offerg is a sunny, sad gay romance that’s been pared to Call Me By Your Name – but don’t be fooled.

SUMMER OF 85 REVIEW – FRANçOIS OZON'S SUNNY, SAD GAY TEEN ROMANCE

“People read the book like an allegory for AIDS, and the fact you die very young when you’re gay.

It was touchg to meet young girls and gay boys who said, ‘This film helped me to unrstand thgs. It’s somethg many gays n unrstand, I thk. Bee all the love stori at that time, pecially gay love stori, were very dark.

Out gay filmmaker François Ozon’s Summer of 85, available Augt 17 on DVD, is an absorbg and sensive teenage romance that shifts to a crime drama. As a teenager, I was not ed to readg this kd of gay love story whout guilt. The fact that the two boys were gay was not an issue the story.

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It was que surprisg bee all the gay reprentatn the 1980s, jt before AIDS, was already very dark, and difficult, and I enjoyed that this story was a betiful, universal love story.

He’s Jewish and gay, but neher of those thgs are an issue. Consumg love between two young men France's Normandy regn 1985 is the subject of gay French tr Franis Ozon's latt film, aptly tled Summer of 85.

Wh s settg at the height of the '80s, s European backdrop, and soundtrack that clus classics om the Cure and Banarama, Summer of 85 is sure to draw parisons to another gay-themed arthoe film recent memory -- Lu Guadagno's Call Me by Your Name. Bee this claratn appears gay director Franis Ozon's new film Frantz, sounds like an timate sexual revelatn. Ozon go om elegiac melodrama to heterosexual don't thk Ozon has lost nfince as a gay filmmaker and sold-out.

FRANçOIS OZON'S NEW PEDOPHILE PRIT DRAMA BLOWS THE DOORS OFF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHTHE GAY FRENCH TR LLABORATED WH REAL-LIFE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABE FOR HIS POWERFUL LATT, "BY THE GRACE OF GOD." {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 25, 2019/2:25 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2420PX;WIDTH:3650PX;}MIC BOX FILMS"BY THE GRACE OF GOD."BY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 25, 2019 / 2:25 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANçOIS OZON'S NEW PEDOPHILE PRIT DRAMA BLOWS THE DOORS OFF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-25T18:25:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-25T18:25:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","KEYWORDS":"RELIGN","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANçOIS OZON HAS LONG BEEN REGARD AS AN ENFANT TERRIBLE OF FRENCH CEMA FOR HIS SUBVERSIVE, DARKLY IC, SEXUALLY PROVOTIVE, AND GENRE-HOPPG FILMS, CLUDG 2012’S IN THE HOE, 2003’S SWIMMG POOL, AND 2002’S MIL MURR MYSTERY 8 WOMEN (FEATURG A ST OF INIC FRENCH ACTRS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET THE GAY TR HAS EARNED A NEW REPUTATN AS THE GOOD SON THIS YEAR THANKS TO BY THE GRACE OF GOD, A BRISKLY PACED PROCRAL ABOUT THE REAL-LIFE SE OF A FRENCH PEDOPHILE PRIT, BERNARD PREYNAT; THE LYON-BASED CATHOLIC RDAL PHILIPPE BARBAR, WHO VERED UP AND ENABLED PREYNAT'S CRIM FOR S; AND THE ADULT VICTIMS WHO URGENTLY FOUGHT FOR JTICE AGAST A TICKG STATUTE-OF-LIMATNS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HELP OM PREYNAT’S VICTIMS AND THEIR ACTIVIST ANIZATN, LA PAROLE LIBéRéE (OR, LIFT THE BURN OF SILENCE ENGLISH), BY THE GRACE OF GOD TAK CU OM 2016’S OSR-WNG FILM SPOTLIGHT, FOLLOWG FATHER OF FIVE ALEXANDRE (MELVIL POUPD) AS HE REALIZ THE PRIT WHO ABED HIM S EARLIER, FATHER BERNARD PREYNAT (BERNARD VERLEY), IS STILL TERACTG WH CHILDREN. IN MUNITNS AND MEETGS WH CARDAL BARBAR (FRANçOIS MARTHOURET) AND PREYNAT HIMSELF, ALEXANDRE GROWS CREASGLY TRATED BY THE CHURCH’S ERTIA THE MATTER, WHICH LEADS TO HIS LLABORATN WH OTHER FORMER VICTIMS, CLUDG FELLOW FAY MAN FRANçOIS (DENIS MéNOCHET), WHOSE EXPERIENC SHATTERED HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS BROTHER, AND THE EMOTNALLY CRIPPLED, SEIZURE-PRONE EMMANUEL (SWANN ARLD).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NOW 74-YEAR-OLD PREYNAT UNSUCCSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK THE MOVIE'S RELEASE FRANCE, FOR FEAR WOULD FLUENCE HIS TRIAL (HE WAS OCKED BY THE CHURCH THIS PAST SUMMER, WHILE BARBAR WAS FOUND GUILTY CIVIL URT AND RECEIVED A SPEND PRISON SENTENCE). VISG NEW YORK DURG BY THE GRACE OF GOD’S OPENG WEEKEND, OZON SPOKE WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT THE POWERFUL FILM, WHICH HE WAS FIRST SPIRED TO MAKE WHEN G ACROSS THE VICTIMS’ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WERE THE VICTIMS FAIAR WH YOUR WORK WHEN YOU APPROACHED THEM TO MAKE THIS FILM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y. THEY HAD SEEN SOME OF MY FILMS, AND BEE I WAS A DIRECTOR OF FICTN FEATUR, THEY TSTED ME. THEY HAD DONE SO MANY TERVIEWS WH JOURNALISTS AND TV PEOPLE, THEY WERE VERY PROUD THAT SOMEONE OM THE FICTN WORLD ME TO THEM, AND WAS RIGHT AFTER SPOTLIGHT, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FRANCE. WHEN THEY DID TERVIEWS WH ME, I REALIZED THEY WERE WAG FOR ME TO MAKE A KD OF FRENCH SPOTLIGHT ABOUT THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN YOUR RECENT TERVIEW WH THE GUARDIAN, YOU MENTNED THAT YOU NARROWLY AVOID BEG MOLTED BY A PRIT WHEN YOU WERE 7 OR 8 DURG A GAME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, WAS SOMETHG I HAD TOTALLY FOTTEN. WHILE LISTENG TO THE TTIMONI OF THE VICTIMS SUDNLY ME BACK TO ME, AND I REMEMBERED THIS VERY STRANGE MOMENT WH A PRIT WHEN I WAS A CHILD. I REALIZED MAYBE ULD HAVE HAPPENED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU NSIR TRYG TO FD THAT PRIT NOW, SO YOU ULD ASK HIM ABOUT ?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, NO. I REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT NOTHG HAPPENED, SO I THK WAS A FIGHT SI HIM.MIC BOX FILMSDENIS MÉNOCHET, MELVIL POUPD, AND ERIC CARAVA BY THE GRACE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L-R:) MELVIL POUPD, DENIS MÉNOCHET, AND ERIC CARAVA BY THE GRACE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU CI WHICH VICTIMS YOU'D AME THE FILM’S NARRATIVE AROUND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS OBV THAT I SHOULD E ALEXANDRE AND FRANçOIS' STORI. FOR THE THIRD CHARACTER, I WAS LOOKG FOR SOMEONE OM A DIFFERENT SOCIAL BACKGROUND—SOMEONE WHO MAYBE WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE A FAY AND CHILDREN AND A GOOD JOB. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT EMMANUEL, AND I MET HIM AND WAS VERY POWERFUL, BEE HE WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKG FOR. BUT I ALSO MET SOME OTHER VICTIMS WHO HELPED ME UNRSTAND MORE WHAT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG A SURVIVOR OF CHILD ABE IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU ALSO TRY TO FD A GAY MAN TO SPOTLIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, OF URSE. I ASKED, AND WAS VERY SAD BEE THE ANSWER THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT VERY OFTEN GAY MEN [ THE SUATNS] M SUICI. IT’S A REAL FIGHT FOR THEM TO E OUT AND MAKE THE LK WH WHAT HAPPENED AS A CHILD, BEG RAPED. SO WAS A STGGLE SI THEM, PECIALLY WH VERY CATHOLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME FEEL THAT THE POLICY OF CELIBACY WH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS PARTLY TO BLAME FOR SOME PRITS TURNG TO CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL RELEASE. DO YOU FEEL THIS IS THE SE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T KNOW. IT’S A BIG QUTN, BUT WHAT I SAW IS THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS TO START A REVOLUTN S RELATNSHIP WH SEXUALY. THERE IS A PROBLEM BEE SEXUALY IS ALWAYS LKED TO REPRODUCTN, AND AS LONG AS SEXUALY IS NOT ACCEPTED AS SOMETHG HUMAN, THIS CHANGE WON’T BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAN SAVAGE POTED OUT A TWEET THAT “IF KIDS GOT RAPED BY CLOWNS AS OFTEN AS THEY GET RAPED BY PRITS WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE CIRC.” WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP GOG BACK TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHEN THIS HAPPENS OVER AND OVER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NOT THE SE FRANCE. I THK THE CATHOLIC RELIGN HAS LOST MANY PEOPLE FRANCE BEE THEY WERE VERY SHOCKED BY THE WAY THE STUTN ALT WH ALL THE PROBLEMS. BUT MAYBE AMERI ’S DIFFERENT.MIC BOX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POUPD (RIGHT) BY THE GRACE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVE THERE BEEN ANY UPDAT ON PREYNAT AND BARBAR SCE THE FILM WAS RELEASED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PREYNAT WAS OCKED, AND THAT WAS A BIG VICTORY FOR THE SURVIVORS. BARBAR WAS NMNED AND WENT TO THE VATIN TO PROPOSE HIS RIGNATN TO POPE FRANCIS, BUT THE POPE REFED , AND THAT WAS A BIG SNDAL. PEOPLE, PECIALLY FRENCH CATHOLICS, DIDN’T UNRSTAND, BEE THE POPE DIDN’T STOP SAYG "ZERO TOLERANCE FOR PEDOPHILIA." HIS WORDS WERE ALWAYS AGAST PEDOPHILIA, BUT THE ACTS DON’T FOLLOW THOSE WORDS. A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO YOU PERSONALLY FEEL ABOUT PREYNAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK HE’S AN ASSHOLE AND A PRODUCT OF THE OLD CHURCH. HE DON’T REALLY FEEL GUILTY. HE LIV WH THIS VICE, AND ’S TERRIBLE BEE HE ALWAYS TOLD THE TTH. HE HAS ALWAYS SAID, "I HAVE A PROBLEM WH KIDS." AND THE STUTN PROTECTED HIM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, SO HE HAD A FEELG OF IMPUNY [LIKE] HE’S OUTSI OF REALY, BEYOND REALY. NOW HE’S OCKED AND HIS LIFE HAS TOTALLY CHANGED, BEE HE DON’T EXIST AS A PRIT OR HAVE THE STUTN TO PROTECT HIM ANYMORE. SO I HOPE HE HAS CHANGED, BUT I’M NOT SURE. WHEN I READ THE REPORTS OM HIS TERVIEWS, I GOT THE FEELG HE HASN’T UNRSTOOD WHAT HE REALLY HAD DONE.MIC BOX FILMSFRANçOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANçOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF TACKLG A REAL-LIFE BIG ISSUE CHANGED YOU AS A FILMMAKER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE WAS A GREAT ADVENTURE AND A BIG CHALLENGE FOR ME, AND WAS A BIG DISVERY TO SEE THGS N BE CHANGED THROUGH FICTN. OFTEN JOURNALISTS ASK ME AND OTHER DIRECTORS IF WE THK CEMA N CHANGE THE WORLD, AND WE ALWAYS ANSWER, "NO, OF URSE NOT." BUT WH THIS FILM, THGS REALLY DID CHANGE FRANCE. MANY VICTIMS TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM, AND THAT THE FILM MA EASIER TO ACCEPT AND SPEAK OUT AFTER WATCHG . SO THIS FILM WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FRANCE, AND I’M VERY PROUD OF THAT, BUT I DIDN’T IMAGE THAT BEFORE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THIS FILM NEED A FOLLOW-UP? IS THERE MORE TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT A POLICIAN. I’M AN ARTIST, AND DON’T GIVE THE ANSWERS TO ALL THE PROBLEMS. I JT ASK QUTNS. THAT’S WHAT TERTS ME. AFTERWARDS, 'S UP TO YOU TO CHANGE THGS. THAT’S WHY AT THE END OF THE FILM WHEN THE SON ASKS HIS FATHER ALEXANDRE, "DO YOU STILL BELIEVE GOD?," I DON’T SHOW THE ANSWER. IT’S BEE ’S NOT MY PART AS A DIRECTOR. MY PART IS JT TO ASK THE GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE GRACE OF GOD IS NOW PLAYG THEATERS NEW YORK CY AND LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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