Emmanuelle Beart, the celebrated French actress, has revealed she was the victim of incest as a teenager as she sought to lift a national taboo over the issue.
The Manon des Sources star made the disclosure in a documentary which she co-directed and which will be broadcast on French television.
The programme, to be shown on the private M6 channel this month, aims to highlight the extent of incest in France and a deep reluctance to address the issue in the courts and wider society.
Beart, 60, refused to reveal the identity of her attacker but said that it was not Guy, her late father, who was a celebrated singer-songwriter.
She described how the assaults started, addressing her attacker directly. “I am 11, it is