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Is Anyone Canceled in Cannes? Shia LaBeouf and James Franco Movies Shopped Amid France’s #MeToo Moment


The awkward presence of such actors as Shia LaBeouf and James Franco comes in stark contrast to the French film industry's fledgling MeToo movement.

Godrèche has become something of an ambassador to the fledgling movement after she came forward in February with claims that she was preyed upon and groomed as a minor by directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, allegations they both deny. Entertainment is selling a LaBeouf star vehicle, the boxing crime-drama “Salvable.” Similarly, Red Sea Media is shopping international rights to the Franco action thriller “The Razor’s Edge” at the Marche. The actress, who once starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Man in the Iron Mask,” walked the red carpet at the high-wattage “Furiosa” premiere Wednesday where she and other women posed for the cameras and covered their mouths in unison.

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