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The ’s, shall we say, discomfort with the movement has been long documented. Lest we forget, the showcase kicked off its 2023 edition – which was advertised with a of – with the -led , and this time around, the likes of and walked the red carpet for the splashy premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s . Just days earlier, had published a story about the blockbuster’s reportedly chaotic shoot which alleged that the director “pulled women to sit on his lap” on set and “tried to kiss some of the topless and scantily clad female extras” in a nightclub scene.

(Executive co-producer Darren Demetre responded: “There were two days when we shot a celebratory Studio 54-esque club scene where Francis walked around the set to establish the spirit of the scene by giving kind hugs and kisses on the cheek to the cast and background players. It was his way to help inspire and establish the club atmosphere, which was so important to the film. I was never aware of any complaints of harassment or ill behaviour during the course of the project.



”) In the end, it didn’t matter: when premiered, it received a . In the run-up to the 2024 showcase, there had been of a long-overdue reckoning, rumours that a bombshell exposé was about to be published detailing new accusations of abuse against a number of prominent industry figures who would be in attendance. In the end, though, no such report came.

At the pre-festival press conference, Cannes’s artistic director, Thierry Frémaux,.

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