Cannes director defends festival after Adèle Haenel slams French film industry's #MeToo response

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After one of France’s top actors, Adèle Haenel, announced she was quitting the French film industry for “complacency toward sexual aggressors,” Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux rejected her criticisms.

By JAKE COYLEThe official poster featuring actress Catherine Deneuve from the film 'La Chamade' is pictured on the facade of the Palais des Festivals ahead of the Cannes film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 15, 2023. The 76th edition of the film festival runs from May 16 until May 27.

CANNES, France — 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,”

 

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