French director Catherine Corsini appeared on the Cannes Film Festival’s pink carpet flanked by a cluster of forged members on Wednesday for the premiere of her drama “Homecoming,” which has been the topic of some controversy in latest months. Corsini, carrying a white go well with, danced and signed autographs earlier than the crew joined arms on their manner in direction of the Grand Theatre Lumiere. The director walked between producer Elisabeth Perez and actor Aissatou Diallo Sagna, who gained France’s Cesar award for greatest supporting actress in Corsini’s 2021 movie “The Divide.”

“Homecoming” tells the story of Paris nanny Khedidja, performed by Diallo Sagna, who travels to Corsica for work together with her teenage daughters Jessica and Farah – portrayed by Suzy Bemba and Esther Gohourou. The household is returning to the island they left 15 years prior beneath tragic circumstances. The film had confronted controversy after considerations had been raised about an intimate scene involving minors.

The French National Centre of Cinema (CNC) pulled 680,000 euros ($749,000) of subsidies, out of a 2.4 million euro price range, over the non-disclosure of a intercourse scene involving an actor beneath age 16, in accordance with the AFP information company. The CNC, which is liable for the manufacturing and promotion of cinema in France, was not instantly obtainable.

Corsini informed Variety journal on Tuesday that she in the end minimize the scene from the ultimate model “to calm everyone down and especially so that people would stop bothering the actors.” Counting Corsini, a co-founder of feminist group Collectif 50/50, there are a report variety of feminine administrators – seven – competing for the Palme d’Or high prize this 12 months.

Wednesday’s pink carpet look was briefly interrupted by a protester on the barricades in a pink costume, who flashed her pregnant abdomen with the phrase “Surrogacy” and a barcode on it. ($1 = 0.9084 euros)

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