Scandal, Sexual Harassment, And Violence: The Tangled Thread Of Mia Farrow And Woody Allen's Household

Mia Farrow and the children (HBO)

JAKARTA - For more than a decade, the relationship between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow has been heating up. Allen and Farrow met in 1979 when Farrow was still the wife of André Previn. The two lived together a year later and separated in 1992.

Allen and Farrow became a duet in a number of films. There are 13 films that they both worked on, including A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, September, and Husbands and Wives.

From 1985 to 1991, they adopted several children, namely Dylan in 1987 and Moses in 1991. Farrow previously had adopted children, Soon-Yi Previn. Farrow then gave birth to Woody's son, Ronan Farrow.

The following year, their marriage began to run short after Farrow saw Allen's alleged violence.

This fact exacerbates the situation when Mia discovers the fact that Woody has a romantic relationship with her adopted son, Soon-Yi after Mia finds a nude polaroid photo of Soon-Yi in Allen's room. In 1997, Allen officially married Soon-Yi.

Sexual Harassment allegations

Their story doesn't stop there. Sunday, February 21, the documentary series Allen vs Farrow premieres on HBO. This documentary features a scandal that took place in 1992 when Woody was accused of abusing their son, Dylan, when he was seven years old. Throughout the years, Woody has consistently denied these allegations.

Now, Dylan is 35 years old and appears to be the subject in the documentary. In addition, there are Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, and Carly Simon along with witnesses, prosecutors and investigators.

Various evidences such as videos were also broadcast for the first time in public. The facts mentioned in the documentary are nothing new, but directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering reviewed the Yale Child Sexual Abuse Clinic report that Dylan was not credible.

Allen vs Farrow also presents the issue of legal attitudes in dealing with sexual abuse cases faced by a minor. When Dylan made his first public voice in 2014 or when he met prosecutors Frank Maco and Maco chose not to press charges against Allen.

Mia Farrow

In 1993, one of their adopted sons, Moses reads a public letter saying Allen did something stupid, bad, and unforgivable. But in recent years, Moses has also claimed that his mother was rude to him when he was a child. Moses stated he supported his father and called Dylan's claims absurd.

“For us, living under the roof of our mother (Mia Farrow) is impossible if you don't do what you're told, no matter how strange the request. "It is important for my mother to present a happy household with a biological and adopted child, but this is far from true," Moses was quoted as saying in his personal blog.

Moses also asked to change his last name to Allen and was proud of it. But Mia denied Moses 'accusation by saying Moses' statement was fabricated.

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn responses

The documentary series Allen vs Farrow was produced in secret for three years. Therefore, when it was first broadcast, the series shocked the public. Neither Woody Allen nor Soon-Yi Previn appears in the documentary. They then gave an official statement to The Hollywood Reporter and thought the documentary maker was not interested in the truth.

“They spent years collaborating with Farrow and supporting them to work on something that is full of fakes. Woody and Soon-Yi were contacted in less than two months and were only asked to take a few days to respond. Of course they refuse to do it. "

Woody and Soon-Yi are not surprised by this considering that HBO has a partnership with Ronan Farrow, the son of Woody and Mia who now works as a journalist.

Documentary Role

Recently, various documentaries on the lives of public figures have been made. The latest one is the Framing of Britney Spears which features Britney's problems facing the conservatory. Different from the usual documentaries, documentaries about public figures leave questions and thus create assumptions. Documentaries like Allen vs Farrow are nothing more than entertainment than education.

The personal life of a celebrity offers a point of view that might change people's opinion, but the bad effect is not necessarily felt by the perpetrator.

Woody Allen himself, despite being involved in harassment and incest cases throughout the years, has always had film projects. Amazon has a four-film contract with Woody, the film A Rainy Day in New York earned $ 22 million, even his memoir was released.

HBO will air three episodes of Allen vs Farrow in the next few weeks.