Director Greta Gerwig addressed the growing #MeToo movement in France at a press conference on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. According to a report in Variety, he said that he has seen ‘substantial change’ in the American film community following the #MeToo movement. (Also Read: Cannes Film Festival 2024 set to kick off with French comedy The Second Act and honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep)
‘It is important that we expand the conversation’
The Barbie director was quoted as saying, “I think it’s good that people in the film community tell us stories and try to change things for the better. I’ve seen significant change in the American film community and I think it’s important that we continue to expand that conversation. So I think this is all moving in the right direction. Keep those lines of communication open.”
The French group Sous les écrans la dèche has also called for a strike to protest pending changes to labor policies. When asked about the change in unrest at the festival, which included everyone from conservationists to drivers and caterers who were part of the organization, she said, “I definitely support labor movements and we definitely support our unions right now.” Have gone through this phase together. “I hope the festival workers can come to an agreement that is good for them and supports them and supports the festival.”
Greta in Cannes
Greta serves as President of this year’s competition jury, which will award the Palme d’Or at the end of the festival. The jury included him Spanish filmmaker JA Bayona, Turkish actor and screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, Italian actor and producer Pierfrancesco Favino, Killers of the Flower Moon fame actor Lily Gladstone, French actor Eva Green, Japanese filmmaker and producer Hirokazu Kore-eda. Are. Lebanese actor and filmmaker Nadine Labaki and French actor Omar Sy.
Quentin Dupuis’s The Second Act will serve as the opening night film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where Meryl Streep will receive an honorary Palme d’Or.
