A video shows the general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival vigorously confronting an agent of the city. Thierry Frémaux points the finger at a municipal policeman who pushes him away sharply, in front of the Carlton Hotel on the Croisette.

"You were wrong and you are not above the law! We are several witnesses to what happened," says Eric Morillot, former journalist of Cnews and Sud Radio. The town hall spokeswoman for the town says that the two protagonists "shook hands afterwards"