As Cannes gets serious about #MeToo, has French cinema finally turned a corner?

The decision to bar a French actor from a Cannes premiere over rape allegations has prompted talk of a U-turn from a festival that previously only paid lip service to the #MeToo movement. It echoes a wider – and equally belated – reckoning with sex abuse in the French film industry. 

May 18, 2025 - 00:41
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As Cannes gets serious about #MeToo, has French cinema finally turned a corner?
The decision to bar a French actor from a Cannes premiere over rape allegations has prompted talk of a U-turn from a festival that previously only paid lip service to the #MeToo movement. It echoes a wider – and equally belated – reckoning with sex abuse in the French film industry. 

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