Cannes Film Festival: Protesters hold banners before being led by security officers. AFP
Cannes:
A woman undresses on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival to reveal her body painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag with the words “Stop Raping Us” during a personal protest on Friday.
Wearing red-stained underwear, protesters shouted and posed for photos before being led away by security officers.
The stunt briefly interrupted a parade of evening gown guests, including Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, attending the premiere of George’s “Three Thousand Years of Desire” Miller.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last month investigators had received reports of “hundreds of cases of rape” in areas previously occupied by Russian troops, including sexual assaults. children.
Zelensky, a former actor, launched a video calling for aid to his country at the Cannes opening ceremony on Tuesday.
War has become a major theme at the festival, with Thursday’s special screening of “Mariupolis 2”, a documentary by Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius, who was killed in Ukraine last month – reported by Russian forces.
Ukraine’s fan-favorite filmmakers will have a special day at the industrial market on Saturday and one of their most promising directors, Sergei Loznitsa, will screen “The Natural History of Destruction.” , about the bombing of German cities during the Second World War.
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