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Avignon, France – 18 December 2024
1. Various of Avignon’s courthouse
2. Various of artwork portraying Gisèle Pelicot on wall
3. Pan from artwork on wall displaying Pelicot’s portrait to slogan posters on wall across road
4. Mid of posters with slogan reading (French) “Justice for Gisèle, justice for all”
5. Tilt down from poster on wall reading (French) “No man died, a woman was raped” to another reading (French): “Defendants, your arrogance does not erase your rapes”
6. Wide of Avignon street and walls with posters on
7. Mid of poster with slogan in street reading (French) “Patriarchal injustice”
8. Various of activist Fanny Fourès joining other women putting messages on walls ++NIGHT SHOTS++
9. Close of message reading (French) “Sorority” ++NIGHT SHOT++
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Fanny Fourès, activist:
++NIGHT SHOT++
“I think it has changed society already along these four months. The day the trial started, we started to talk, and talk a lot, and think a lot. And we went through so many emotions.”
11. Various of Fourès and another activist putting up messages ++NIGHT SHOTS++
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Fanny Fourès, activist:
++NIGHT SHOT++
“A lot of men, well, they try to speak more with us, with their girlfriends, with their friends. There’s a dialog that started. It was really awkward at the beginning, they didn’t want to express themselves, they didn’t know what to say, they didn’t feel at ease. And now they start to exchange, they start to discuss and it has changed.”
13. Pan from Pelicot’s portrait on wall to group of activists answering reporters’ questions ++NIGHT SHOT++
14. Wide of activists climbing ladder ++NIGHT SHOT++
15. Mid of journalists filming ++NIGHT SHOT++
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Aurore Pérez, activist: ++NIGHT SHOT++
“And maybe also it will be easier, I hope so, for women and for girls to speak about male violence and speak about rape. I don’t know how long this will take. I’m not sure it’s going to be immediate but I think it’s a good start for changing minds.”
17. Various of activists hanging a banner on wall reading (French) “Thanks Gisèle” ++NIGHT SHOT++
18. Wide of people taking photos of banner ++NIGHT SHOT++
STORYLINE:
French judges plan to deliver hugely anticipated verdicts on Thursday in a historic drugging-and-rape trial that has turned the victim, Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero.
For more than three months, the Southern city of Avignon and its courthouse have been the scene of intense debates, appalling testimonies and women’s rights activism echoing worldwide.
Pelicot, 72, has been seen as the epitome of steely dignity and resilience, waving her anonymity in the trial of dozens of men accused of raping her while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her now ex-husband.
In all, 50 men, including Dominique Pelicot, faced charges of aggravated rape and attempted rape. Another man was tried for aggravated sexual assault.
The five judges are ruling by secret ballot, with a majority required to convict and also on the sentences of those found guilty.
Local feminist groups held regular protests on the sidelines of the hearings and displayed slogans in the courthouse’s surrounding streets.
They kept up their efforts on Wednesday night, plastering new messages and hanging a banner along Avignon’s medieval walls reading: “Thanks Gisèle."
“I think it has changed society already along these four months," activist Fanny Fourès told the AP.
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