French director Justine Triet, who won the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, Palme d’Or Winner Slams French Gov’t over Protests criticized. In her acceptance speech the government of French President Emmanuel Macron.Â
Addressing the audience of Hollywood and international film stars, directors, and other industry professionals. Justine Triet criticised the French government’s cultural policies and slammed President Emmanuel Macron on the “shocking” suppression of pension protests.
“Anatomy of a Fall”, a tense courtroom drama about a writer accused of her husband’s murder. Took the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, capping a strong year for women directors.
As she accepted the Palme d’Or in Cannes on Saturday, French director Justine Triet slammed the government of President Emmanuel Macron over its “shocking” suppression of pension protests.
“The country suffered from historic protests over the reform of the pension system. These protests denied… repressed in a shocking way,” she said in her speech. As she won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”.Â
“This year, the country has been gripped by a historic, extremely powerful and unanimous protest against the pension reform. This protest was denied and repressed in a shocking way,” Triet said, as aired by the Brut digital media channel.
Macron has prompted the largest protests in a generation over pension reforms. That rushed through parliament without a vote using a unique constitutional provision.
The retirement age will raised from 62 to 64 as part of the revisions.
Triet also blasted the government’s cultural policy in front of an audience of Hollywood and worldwide film stars, directors, and other industry experts.
“The neoliberal government’s support for cultural commercialization is breaking France’s cultural exception. Without which I would not be here today,” she remarked.
Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak responded by saying she “gobsmacked” by Triet’s “unfair” remarks at one of France’s most important events.
“Without our French model of financing cinema, which allows for a diversity that is unparalleled in the world, this film would not have seen the light of day.” Let us not forget,” she said on Twitter.
On April 14, the French Constitutional Council approved the key article of the pension reform bill. Which would gradually rise the age of retirement in France from 62 to 64 years by 2030. The reform sparked a strong backlash, prompting people to take to the streets across the country. Over a dozen of nationwide demonstrations against the reform have taken place already. With several protests organized by unions attracting over 1 million supporters across France.
