in Cannes, Putin invites himself (in spite of himself) on the red carpet

PEOPLE – The penultimate red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival had a taste of politics. And for good reason, a Ukrainian model named Alina Baikova was present on the steps, this Friday, May 26, where she sent a message through her outfit: “ FUCK YOU FUCKING “.

This is what was written in blue capital letters on her long yellow T-shirt, which she first hid when she arrived under her trench coat.

According to the footage, it didn’t take long before scene security surrounded her to urge her to zip up her coat, before directing her to the exit.

This is not the first demonstration in favor of Ukraine since the start of the Cannes Film Festival. Before the out-of-competition screening of the film Acid by Just Philippot, Sunday May 21, a woman dressed in the same colors climbed the steps, before pulling out bags of fake blood that she tore above her head.

This Friday, Alina Baikova went to the screening of the last film in competition: The Old Oak by Ken Loach. Faithful to his “social” cinema, the filmmaker tells here the story of the last pub in a village where all the tensions have crystallized, and in particular since the arrival of Syrian refugees in town. If Ken Loach manages to win the hearts of the jurors, he could win his third Palme d’Or.

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