STREAMING – The complainant, a 22-year-old electrician, filed a complaint for “public provocation of racial hatred discrimination”
Justice takes the matter seriously. An investigation was opened after a complaint from a young electrician from Nice, filmed without his knowledge in Nice and described as “bearded” in the film Sentinel, broadcast on Netflix, said the prosecution of Nice this Tuesday. The complainant had lodged a complaint on June 1, for “public provocation to discrimination, to racial hatred ”.
The plaintiff, who claims to have been filmed without his knowledge, is also considering a civil action for “exploitation of images for commercial purposes without authorization”.
Shot in 2019 and broadcast in March 2021 on the Netflix platform, the film Sentinel includes a passage in which the heroine of the film, a soldier stationed in Nice, observes through the scope of her rifle two young men greet each other on the Promenade des Anglais.
“Very connoted”
The scene is accompanied in the “audio description” version by the following explanation: “Two young bearded men with backpacks shake hands and separate”.
“It’s a very connoted term, especially (…) Read more on 20minutes
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