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Les Misérables! Cannes Film Festival Workers Planning Protests & Potential Strike Action Over Pay
EXCLUSIVE: The Cannes Film Festival is well known as a place of protest and this year will be no different. However, this edition, the rebellion is coming from within. We can reveal that up to 200 French film festival workers — a combination of Cannes workers and workers from other festivals across France — are […]
Justine Triet with a ‘Sous les écrans la dèche’ pin at last year’s Cannes Film Festival (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images). Sources within the collective told us they contacted the office of Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux and the parallel sections this week laying out their concerns and willingness to hold public demonstrations at this year’s festival. However, sources within the collective told us they are generally “optimistic” that improvements will be made because the effects of their dispute have “immediate” consequences on the efficiency of film events like Cannes, which are integral to the French economy.
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