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Haenel, star of the 2019 Cannes entry Portrait of a Lady on Fire, last week published an open letter in the Telerama magazine in which the 34-year-old said Cannes and other pillars of the French film industry are ready to do anything to defend their rapist chiefs. Fremaux strongly disagreed while speaking to journalists before the festival kicks off Tuesday with the premiere of Maiwenns historical drama Jeanne du Barry, starring Johnny Depp.
In an open letter published in Liberation newspaper, French actor Adèle Haenel spurned the local industry’s complacency when it came to sexual aggressors. She also explained the reason for her retirment in 2020, stating it was a political act. In 2020, at the Cesear Awards Ceremony, Haenel shouted “Bravo pedophilia”