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Noémie Merlant on 'The Balconettes', #MeToo and the 'feminist' label
Euronews Culture sits down with French actress-director Noémie Merlant to talk about her new directorial effort 'Les femmes au balcon' ('The Balconettes'), the state of #MeToo in the French film industry, the 'feminist' label, and how serious topics should be explored via comedy and genre cinema.
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Golden Globes: Jacques Audiard's 'Emilia Pérez' leads the nominations
There doesn't seem to be stopping the French director's Mexico-set gangster trans musical featuring gender transitioning, cartels, gorgeous choreographies and songs about vaginoplasty. Yes, you read that correctly. It's as unexpected as it is unmissable, and it leads the nominations.
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Sean Penn slams Oscars for ‘extraordinary cowardice’
Actor / Director Sean Penn has criticised the Academy and Hollywood, especially for its lack of courage when it comes to funding films that expand "cultural expressions". He also slammed how the system made it difficult for the Donald Trump origin story 'The Apprentice' to find a distributor.
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Marrakech Film Festival opens with Jude Law hunting 'The Order'
Euronews Culture reports from the Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco, one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa. As it celebrates its 21st edition, the week-long event is increasingly making its presence felt, well beyond its borders.
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‘The Apprentice’ actor Sebastian Stan: Hollywood stars fear Trump
The controversial Donald Trump origin story hit Cannes earlier this year, with the Trump campaign vowing to sue. Now, lead star Sebastian Stan has shared a confirmed report that certain stars in Hollywood are avoiding him because of his association with ‘The Apprentice’.