French priest loses bid to block Ozon’s child abuse film
French priest loses bid to block Ozon’s child abuse film
A French court on Monday rejected an attempt to block the release of a film by acclaimed director François Ozon based on real-life victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, two days after it picked up a prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
Ozon, 51, worked for years in secret on "By the Grace of God", which won plaudits and the runner-up Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale on Saturday.
It is the most-high profile dramatisation of the systematic cover-up of widespread sexual molestation by clergy since the Oscar-winning "Spotlight", set in Boston and released in 2015.
Even before the film's Berlin premiere, Bernard Preynat, a priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys, had gone to court to demand that the film be barred from French cinemas until after his trial, which is due to start later this year.
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Record Date : 19.2.2019
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