Cannes: "Salon rebel" or "resistant left", the political class is divided over Justine Triet's speech

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Congratulations to Justine Triet for her Palme d'Or and her speech that strikes so right, "congratulated the national secretary of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel. His far-left comrade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, judged that "Cannes returns to its tradition" and assured that "it is the resistant left that created this festival", while congratulating the director "for her courage in addition to her talent". The latter, Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her film "Anatomy of a Fall", has, to the applause of some and the perplexed look of many, assured that the movement against the pension reform in France has been "denied and repressed in a shocking way".

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The commodification of culture that this neoliberal government defends is breaking the French cultural exception," she added. Culture Minister Rima Abdul Mak said she was "stunned by [Justine Triet's] unfair speech. This film would not have been possible without our French film financing model, which allows for a diversity that is unique in the world. Let us not forget that." "Anatomy of the ingratitude of a profession that we help so much... and an art that we love so much!", denounced, for his part, Roland Lescure, Minister Delegate for Industry. "Let's celebrate cinema, nothing but cinema and the strength of French cinema with this Palme d'Or!" added Aurore Bergé, president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly.

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Ah! the famous "neo-liberal" France, which defends the cultural exception (against market logics) and subsidizes its film industry with public funds. Salon rebels," said Charles Sitzenstuhl, Renaissance deputy of Bas-Rhin. The National Rally, the main opposition group in the Assembly, was rather pleased with this pass of arms: "Palme d'Or, the French director Justine Triet launches into a speech very incriminating against the government and the pension reform that displeases Rima Abdul Malak. For once Cannes is not completely disconnected!!", tweeted Caroline Parmentier, deputy of Pas-de-Calais.

At the end of April, during the presentation of the Molières, activist artists had questioned the Minister of Culture on the same pension reform, giving rise to a dry response: "You have a minister at the head of this ministry who has released a historic budget (...) for inflation and energy bills". "There is still time to change my mind, my door is open," she concluded in the direction of the unions.