Stock hopes to publish Woody Allen's memoirs

France, land of asylum for Woody Allen? The Hexagon was one of the countries to offer a theatrical release to its latest film, A rainy day in New York . In the United States, the sentimental comedy could not be distributed in theaters after the withdrawal of Amazon. The same scenario could be repeated for the memories of the American filmmaker, accused of having sexually abused his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. Which he always denied.

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Faced with the bronca sparked by the announcement of the book's release in the United States on April 7, the Hachette group dropped the director of Minuit in Paris . But the book with the French title, by the way, could still be released in France at Stock if the director of the publishing house Manuel Carcassonne achieves his ends. Stock is certainly a subsidiary of Hachette but its director wants to believe that "the American situation is not ours".

"I don't have to comment on the decision of a colleague and friend who heads an American publishing group and has proven his talent and courage more than once," explains the introduction to a short interview with Point Manuel. Carcassonne. And to underline: "It is sad that this decision was taken, sad for the freedom of expression, but perfectly understandable in the American context".

"France was not the place of these family quarrels"

“We must not mix everything, or even amalgamate, at the risk of losing our common sense: the compass that must guide our choices. France was not the place of family quarrels between Woody Allen and his ex-wife Mia Farrow, nor with Ronan Farrow ", notes the editor who promises to" do everything to maintain the publication ".

Woody Allen's memoirs were to be released on April 29 in France. For that, it will be necessary to recover the rights that Hachette gave back to Woody Allen. The decision therefore rests with the filmmaker. "The French public will decide, as they decided by going to see the latest film by Woody Allen, who could not be released in the United States," says Manuel Carcassonne, who insists on the "reading pleasure" offered to him " self-mockery, modesty, and the art of disguising the tragic as a comedy in this autobiography ”.

The announcement in early March of the release of Soit dit en route through an American subsidiary of Hachette, Grand Central Publishing, had caused an uproar. The son of Woody Allen, the journalist Roman Farrow who is the source of many revelations about Harvey Weinstein and who supports his sister Dylan, is also edited by Hachette and accused the group of having hidden this collaboration from his father. Inspired by his indignation, several Hachette employees had demonstrated by gathering in front of their offices their disapproval. Twenty-four later, Hachette Book Group USA threw in the towel.

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