Summary
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will open its doors on May 14.
According to Le Figaro, a list of around ten French cinema personalities are accused of sexual assault.
In Paris Match, Iris Knobloch was forced to speak out to defuse things.
Summary
The Croisette is preparing, like every year, to welcome hundreds of personalities. The red carpet is about to be rolled out… The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will begin on May 14 and end on May 25. This day, we will know who will succeed Justine Triet and win the Palme d’Or. But while the global event has not yet started, a controversy begins to swell making the organizers uncomfortable. Indeed, according to Le Figaro, a list of 10 personalities from the world of cinema who would be at the origin of “sexual assaults” is circulating.
According to the daily, the male personalities targeted would be “ thirty and forty year olds“ . This list which “circulates could be revealed with the rise of the steps“. In any case, Le Figaro assures us: the financiers of cinema as well as the CNC (National Center for Cinema and Animated Images) received a list of ten names “of actors, directors and producers supposedly caught in the turmoil.“ Although several names are already circulating on social networks, none have been confirmed and these are, for the moment, only suppositions.
A #MeToo wave is preparing to sweep across the Croisette and the organizers seem very uncomfortable with these accusations which risk tainting the party.
The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival are making their arrangements
Questioned by our colleagues from Paris Match, Iris Knoblock, the president of the Cannes Film Festival spoke to try to defuse the bomb: “ If the case of an accused person arises, we would make sure we make the right decision on a case by case basis (…) But we would also discuss the work in order to see what is best for it. She’s the real star » she declared.
In the columns of Nice-Matin, we learn that the management of the Festival is very embarrassed and has retained the services of a crisis communications agency to deal with all eventualities. This agency “develops different scenarios on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the degree of the accusation, a film will not necessarily be kept in competition“ . Furthermore, if certain facts were proven, the people mentioned could be prohibited from climbing the stairs. Suffice it to say that this edition may be unlike any other.
