Cannes

Tonight at Cannes at the closing ceremony, a bold audacious declaration. Wincing words and truths even for Cate Blanchett. Equality for women in Cannes and the film industry is unfortunately predicated on this raw reality.

Asia Argento.....

"I was raped by Harvey Weinstein in Cannes in 1997. I was 21-years-old. This festival was his hunting ground. I’m going to make a prediction: Harvey Weinstein will never be welcomed here again. He will never disgrace the community that once embraced him. Even tonight there are those that still need to be held accountable for his behavior. You do not belong in this industry. You know who you are. We know who you are. (omitted from article below).We are not going to allow you to get away with it".

The brave bold truthsayer took charge while presenting with jury member Ava DuVerney the award to best female actress award to Samal Yeslyamova for Akya.

Cannes shivered. They should!

We wondered what happened with Björk after winning best actress at Cannes in 2000. A complaint was also leveled by Björk after filming Dancer in the Dark directed Lars Von Trier. She revealed on Facebook 5 October 2017: “I became aware of that it is a universal thing that a director can touch and harass his actresses at will and the institution of film allows it. when i turned the director down repeatedly he sulked and punished me and created for his team an impressive net of illusion where i was framed as the difficult one because of my strength”.

Actress Catherine Deneuve remarked at Cannes that if she were a man she would be afraid this year to be at the festival. She was on the set with Björk in 2000. 

Keep shivering Cannes! The hunters are still roaming.

By Moira Sullivan