Cannes president removed the French director’s film on ethical grounds

According to the film reporter of Fars News Agency, quoted by varietyFrench director Catherine Corsini’s film was removed from the Cannes competition after complaints.

French director Catherine Corsini was supposed to become the seventh female director in the competition of the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival with the film “Le Retour”. But his film has now been put on hold after news broke of several inappropriate incidents during the shoot.

The night before the press conference on April 13, Cannes festival president Thierry Fermaux announced to the director that he would have the opportunity to enter the competition, but shortly before the official announcement began, the festival’s selection committee decided not to include the film as part of the competition. slow

The delay came after the selection panel found that Corsini had been accused of harassment by crew members. Also, reports of sexual harassment by other film production teams against two actresses had reached the Cannes festival officials. “The selection committee wanted to gather more information about the situation surrounding the film before deciding whether to include the film in the official selection,” said Thierry Fermo.

Speaking to Variety, the film’s producer Elizabeth Perez called the allegations “malicious rumors” and said they shouldn’t be “life-or-death for a movie.” They also shouldn’t take away “the right to be selected for Cannes,” he stressed.

Catherine Corsini is a French director and screenwriter. His films entered the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 and the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. Corsini was the head of the jury of the Golden Camera section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016.

The 76th Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 16 to 27, 2023 (May 26 to June 6, 1402).

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