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Last Tango in Paris screening in French capital cancelled amid women’s rights protests
The French Cinémathèque in Paris was due to show the 1972 film that features a rape scene filmed without the actor Maria Schneider’s prior consent
A prestigious French cinema has cancelled a screening of Last Tango in Paris after women’s rights groups protested at its infamous rape scene filmed without the consent of the leading actor Maria Schneider. We cannot take risks with the safety of our staff and audience,” said Frédéric Bonnaud, director of the Cinémathèque, a film archive and cinema partly funded by the state. Actor Judith Godrèche, a leading figure in France’s #MeToo movement, had been critical of the Cinémathèque’s decision to screen the film without providing context to viewers.
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