There are the characters and the setting. For the characters, several dozen young women filmed in full preparation, on Saturday, November 23, 2024, before attending the demonstration organized that day, in Paris, against violence against women. For decoration, first the interior of a wealthy house – beautiful high ceilings, with moldings and a fireplace – then a well-kept garden, surrounded by trees and hedges. However, some elements are surprising: after writing their slogans on posters, some young women cover their faces or put on makeup with blonde wigs. In the background we can also see an equestrian statuette of Joan of Arc, as well as a French flag mounted on a flagpole, as we found during the official statements.
The characters are actually the activists of the Némésis collective, which has long advocated “identitarian feminism” but now prefers the label “right-wing feminism.” Their credo: tirelessly attributing responsibility for sexual violence in France to immigrants, while denouncing the alleged hypocrisy of feminists. mainstream on the topic. In reality, the setting is that of the Pavillon de l’écuyer, located in the Parisian suburbs, on the heights of Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine), better known to the general public as the Montretout estate and owned by the family Le Pen’s historic stronghold, starting with its patriarch, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
The images are from a report by the far-right media Frontières (formerly Livre noir), which, however, tried to hide the exact location. TO “preparation place” “near Paris”This is what is said about the activists’ starting point. In reality they were preparing to hold an event as they are used to doing: “infiltrate” at the #noustoutes demonstration to chant their own slogans: “Life sentence for rapists”but also “Let’s control immigration”, “Foreign rapists on the plane”, “OQTF Application”…That day, they were finally intercepted on the road by the police, who allowed them to march separately, surrounded by a large police cordon.
Contacted by the worldAlice Cordier, director of the Némésis collective, explains that she is completely unaware of the place where this operation was prepared and its owners. “It is private property that we obtained thanks to one of our activists, but I don’t know where we wereexplains the person in charge of Némésis. I don’t know the Le Pen family and I don’t know if they own this place; but, if that is the case, I appreciate it. » However, it is difficult to doubt the links between the mansion and its owners, a huge portrait of Jean-Marie Le Pen dressed as a privateer usually greets the visitor from the residence’s reception room. A relative of the former president of the National Front confirms it World that the images were filmed in Montretout, “definitely possible”.
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