TheCannes Film Festivals, shall we say,discomfortwith the #MeToo movement has been long documented.
I was never aware of any complaints of harassment or ill behavior during the course of the project.)
In the end, it didnt matter: whenMegalopolispremiered, it received a10-minute standing ovation.
Photo: Courtesy Cannes Film Festival
In the end, though, no such report came.
He said he couldnt comment and reiterated that he was there to talk about the films.
We are trying to have a festival without these polemics.
In Cannes, the politics should be on the screen.
Its clear that were living through a great moment of transformation, she toldVariety.
So I think its only moving everything in the correct direction to keep those lines of communication open.
(Her fellow jurorSociety of the Snowdirector J.
Its much more widespread, and were here to focus on the films.
)Seydoux, meanwhile, echoed Gerwig, saying: #MeToo is very important.
Its a wonderful thing that women are now speaking out.
Things are clearly changing and it was high time it did.
Thankfully, though, it was a different story onscreen.
(The pair deny accusations of sexual assault.)
Elsewhere, there were also more indirect explorations of the topic.
While all the older women in her family grieve his loss hysterically, Shula doesnt shed a tear.
