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[–] hazeebabee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its maiwenn that I was refering to. They met when she was 12 and formed a relationship & maiwenn openly talks about how their relationship was part of the inspiration for the movie "the professional" -- which is a movie that celebrates the sexualization of the child lead & characterizes the child as the instigator of the romantic relationship. The original script was apperently even more transparent about it's endorsement of pedophilia and had to be reigned in during production.

Meiwenn has very openly talked about their relationship in interviews & many of the films she has directed incorporate autobiographical aspects. She does not see any problem with her marriage to luc besson and thus freely admits to things. I'm remembering reading an interview where she talked about how they knew eachother for about a year before she really fell in love with him and they began dating, which puts her at 13 (12 plus a year of knowing each other). I think it also referenced that they met because he was a friend of her parents, though I'm having a hard time finding that interview right now.

My personal opinion is that they got married after she was already pregnant & had likely been intimate for years prior to the marriage at 16. I think the story that he waited until she was 15 comes from the international push back they received after luc became famous and people found out about the relationship.

I did a deep dive on this when I was in the hospital last year & happened to watch the fifth element lol. I noticed on the wiki that he was married at different times to two of the stars & then spent like 3 days reading everything i could find on him and his overly young exs.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meiwenn has very openly talked about their relationship in interviews & many of the films she has directed incorporate autobiographical aspects.

Her being very open about it is also the impression I got.

she talked about how they knew eachother for about a year before she really fell in love with him and they began dating, which puts her at 13 (12 plus a year of knowing each other).

Okay thank you. It's unfortunate that these things are so hard to find, but I'll take your word for it then.

My personal opinion is that they got married after she was already pregnant

This part seems to be firmly established. Every report I saw says marriage at the end of 1992, birth in January.

had likely been intimate for years prior to the marriage at 16. I think the story that he waited until she was 15 comes from the international push back they received after luc became famous and people found out about the relationship.

That sounds plausible.

Thanks for sharing!

[–] hazeebabee 1 points 1 month ago

Definetly! I'm always happy to over share about one of my niche special interests lol