Cannes Film Festival: a woman protested naked on the red carpet

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A woman with a bare chest was painted in the colors of the protesting Ukrainian flag. It was written on her chest: “Stop raping us.” Photo by Reuters

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A woman stormed the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday and he took off his clothes to display an anti-rape message written on her body before the premiere of Three thousand years of longing, from George Miller.

The unknown woman carried the words on her body “Stop raping us” Includes blue and yellow colors of the flag Ukraine. He also painted red on his legs and groin.

As he shouted “Don’t rape us!” security personnel quickly surrounded him and pulled him off the carpet. Festival representatives did not immediately comment.

The protest had nothing to do with the release of George Miller

The protest had nothing to do with the release of George Miller’s film “Three Thousand Years of Longing.” Photo EFE

According to a Twitter video posted by a reporter from The New York Times, you can see how logically some people are excited about the performance. However, it took a few seconds and then Three Thousand Years of Lonelinesswith the Idris Elbe Y tilda swintonthe stars were able to perform and walk the red carpet of the prestigious festival without any problems.

The radical feminist organization Scum posted on Twitter: “This activist exposed rape in the war and sexual torture committed against Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers. “

The woman surprised the gala attendees at the Palais des festivals.  Photo EFE

The woman surprised the gala attendees at the Palais des festivals. Photo EFE

The woman who was also wearing pantyhose stained with red paint was covered with a sack by one of the guards present at the organization of the event. This action was after being condemned by the European Parliament, at the beginning of May, the use of sexual violence as a “weapon of war” in Ukrainewhere Russia launched a military offensive on February 24.

Sexual attacks against Ukrainian women were also condemned in mid-April by the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskytaught “hundreds of rape cases” located in areas occupied by the Russian army, “including minor girls and infants.”

The war, at Cannes

Russia’s war with Ukraine will be the center of attention at the Cannes Film Festival, which is this year’s project various films of Ukrainian filmmakers. The festival banned Kremlin -affiliated Russians from attending. The Ukrainian presence was so great that the president of that country himself gave a speech on Tuesday, via satellite, to declare the celebration inaugurated.

British actors Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, stars of “Three Thousand Years of Longing”, were seen out of competition.  Photo by AFP

British actors Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, stars of “Three Thousand Years of Longing”, were seen out of competition. Photo by AFP

In all of this, the film that served as the context for the extraordinary protest was presented by George Miller himself as a “anti-Mad Max” , the legend that made him famous. However, Miller has a team that is very close to that of Mad Max: Fury Road for this production: the composer Junkies XLThe fixer Margaret Sixel or the director of photography John Seale They are part of the staff.

What is the show about? The doctor of literature Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) seems happy with her life, although she faces the world with skepticism. Suddenly met a genie (Idris Elba) who offered to grant him three requests in exchange for his freedom.

At first Alithea refuses to accept the offer, because she knows that all stories of granting the request end badly. The genie defends his position by telling him a variety of fascinating stories from his past and he finally allows himself to be persuaded. But he will make a wish that will surprise the two of them, and …

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