Emmanuel Macron finally congratulated Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall

After the “blockage” of former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the president wrote a message to the French director.

The president of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron sent his congratulations to Justine Triet For Anatomy of a fallin a tweet posted the day after the Golden Globes ceremony.

“Proud to see French cinema rewarded at the Golden Globes. Congratulations to Justine Triet, the actors and the entire team of the film Anatomy of a fall.“, declared Emmanuel Macron.

Justine Triet supported after her committed speech in Cannes

Before that, relations were more than tense between members of the government and Justine Triet. The director delivered a speech against pension reform on the occasion of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, after winning the Palme d’Or.

“This year, the country has been crossed by a historic, extremely powerful, unanimous protest against pension reform. This protest has been denied, and repressed in a shocking way. And this pattern of increasingly uninhibited dominating power is breaking out in several areas: socially, but also in all other spheres of society, and cinema is no exception.” declared Justine Triet before adding: “The commodification of culture that the neo-liberal government defends is breaking the French cultural exception. I dedicate this prize to all young female directors, to all young directors, and even to those who today cannot make a film.“

Words which quickly caused members of the government to react. The Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak was said to himself “happy to see the Palme d’Or awarded to Justine Triet (…) But stunned by her unjust speech.”, via a post.

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Shortly after, it is Elisabeth Bornethen prime minister who declared to the newspaper The world “block” towards Anatomy of a fall since the director took a stand against the reform imposed by the government. Internet users who followed her remarks did not miss the irony of yesterday, when she submitted her resignation to Emmanuel Macron just a few hours after the victory ofAnatomy of a fall at the Golden Globes.

Conversely, the public definitely embraced the cinematographic proposition of Justine Triet, since the feature film achieved the best start for a Palme d’Or since 2008 and exceeded one million admissions (at the end of September). Added to this dubbing, an international rise with the award of two Golden Globes, that of best foreign language film and best screenplay.

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