The film classification system will be relaxed. Such is the announcement this Monday, February 29 by the new Minister of Culture, Audrey Azoulay.
Recall that the decision to ban this or that film to under 12 or under 18 falls in France, the Minister of Culture. Valois Street tenant to say after advisory opinion of the commission Classification -Notice films that followed in almost all cases.
End the automatic ban
Monday, Audrey Azoulay promise to issue a new decree to soften the regime, which was set by order in 2003. the former decree states that are prohibited under 18 the films “with non-simulated sex scenes and extreme violence.” In other words, any film in that category shall be automatically prohibited to minors. And if the ministry ignores ban with only the age of 16, then it may be repudiated in court (see below).
“Many film professionals deplore the binary choice ‘imposed on the Minister of Culture by the current wording. binary choice because if the objective criterion of non simulated sex scene is characterized, there is no alternative but to prohibit the film to minors of 18 years. This binary logic ‘is poorly suited to the film Police, “complained the president of the classification committee Jean-François Mary in a report returned Monday.
According to Audrey Azoulay, the new decree “will allow the classification committee to assess the effect that can have disturbing film on young viewers and thus avoid any automaticity ranking works. “
simulated sex or not?
Specifically, the minister promised to engage” the proposed reform the report by Jean-François Mary “. The latter proposes to delete the reference to non-simulated sex. “The criterion of non-simulation has obviously lost interest in recent years. A scene can be quite explicit in while having been simulated screen when shooting,” points the report.
Jean-François Mary, the key is rather to be “the effect on young viewers.” The report therefore proposes to ban minors now a film that “has no aesthetic justification, sex scenes or extreme violence which is likely, especially by their accumulation, a serious threat to minors, to presenting violence in a favorable light, or to trivialize. “
an important economic impact
As recalled Audrey Azoulay, the classification of the film is” very important for its economy. ” And this at all stages of this life. Indeed, in meeting rooms, a ban on under 18 first reduces the number of potential viewers, but also closes the doors of the great circuits as UGC or Pathé, whose policy is not to project films prohibited to minors. Then some platforms of video-on-demand as iTunes refuse banned films under 18 years.
Finally, the TV , a film no one under 18 can be broadcast on a pay channel between midnight and 5am. And free channels do not have the right to broadcast a film before 22:00 PG-12, and before 22.30 movie PG-16. However, in derogation, a film no one under 12 can be broadcast at 20:30 four times per year per system.
It should also be noted that the classification is performed on television by the channel itself before the release of the film. The chain is based on the classification used indoors, it takes the same or even hardened. After release of the film, the chain can be sanctioned by the CSA (Higher Audiovisual Council) if it considers that the classification was not severe enough.
A restrictive law
A restrictive law
Until 2000, only pornographic movies were forbidden to under 18. But in 2000, the Council of State ruled insufficient to ban under 16 applied to Fuck me Virginie Despentes, and the film should be banned to minors. This category has then been restored, via a decree of 2003.
Since this decree was used in court -mainly by the Association Promoting who claims to defend the “Judeo-Christian values” – for faces several visas from -16 to -18 years: the first Nymphomaniac by Lars Von Trier, Ken Park Larry Clark, Love Gaspard Noah, or the horror film Saw 3D . Finally, in December, the prohibition to -12 Life of Adele Abdellatif Kechiche was canceled by the Administrative Court of Appeal.
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