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Black smoke bombs on the red carpet: a banner with the names of the 129 victims of feminicides for a year unrolled on the steps of Cannes

2022-05-22T17:40:47.678Z


As part of the screening of the documentary Riposte Féministe, the collective “Les Colleuses” raised their fists, this Saturday, May 22, on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival 2022.


A huge banner with the names of victims of feminicides in France was deployed this Sunday, May 22, on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival by members of the feminist collective "Les Colleuses".

A staging developed as part of a documentary presented in the afternoon on the Croisette, entitled

Riposte Féministe

.

Angélique, Évelyne, Sofya, Nadia, a woman… The names or identities of the 129 victims of feminicides in France, “since the last Cannes Film Festival” in July 2021, were displayed on the steps of the Palais des Festivals.

Dressed in black, the activists then posed, fists raised, before using smoke bombs, suffusing the red carpet with black smoke.

Read alsoCannes: topless, an activist enters the red carpet to protest against the rapes committed in Ukraine

The scene was immortalized by photographer Raymond Depardon, whose son Simon made, with Marie Perennès, the documentary

Riposte féministe

, which follows these activists sticking, often at night, messages on the walls of cities to denounce sexist violence, street harassment and providing messages of support for victims of sexual assault.

holy spider

Earlier in the day, the Croisette was also moved by the Iranian thriller

Holy Spider

, selected in official competition.

A captivating feature film, depicting the difficult conditions of women in Iran, signed by Danish director Ali Abbasi.

Among the other strong actions of this 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, that of an activist who split the red carpet, Friday, May 20.

The young woman had burst in, topless, in the middle of the stars, a message written on her chest: “Stop raping us!”

(Stop raping us).

A way to denounce the rapes committed by Russians against Ukrainian refugees.

Source: lefigaro

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