Cannes director defends festival after actress Adèle Haenel's criticism
Actress published an open letter saying the French film industry defends “rapist chiefs”
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Actress published an open letter saying the French film industry defends “rapist chiefs”
Haenel, star of the 2019 Cannes entry Portrait of a Lady on Fire, last week published an open letter in the Telerama magazine in which the 34-year-old said Cannes and other pillars of the French film industry are ready to do anything to defend their rapist chiefs. Fremaux strongly disagreed while speaking to journalists before the festival kicks off Tuesday with the premiere of Maiwenns historical drama Jeanne du Barry, starring Johnny Depp.
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After one of France’s top actors, Adèle Haenel, announced she was quitting a French film industry that she denounced for “complacency toward sexual aggressors,” Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux rejected her criticisms Monday
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