Cannes Report Day 6: ‘Holy Spider’ Red Carpet Begins With Smoke Bomb Demonstration Against Domestic Violence
thewrap.comstormed the Cannes red carpet donned in body paint to disrupt the “Three Thousand Years of Longing” premiere, a new protest erupted at the start of the red carpet for competition title “Holy Spider,” in which a group of women held smoke bombs and a massive poster — though this time the demonstration appears to have been pre-planned.
The group involved in the demonstration is Les Colleuses, a guerilla feminist movement in France. Roughly a dozen women from the group unfurled a large banner that contained the names of 129 women who died in France as a result of domestic violence.
They then held smoke bombs that cast off dark plumes of smoke into the air while others thrust their fists into the air. The whole demonstration could be seen on the live feed of the red carpet via Cannes’ official page, and the broadcasters further explained that photographing the feminist group was the father of the director of “Holy Spider.” Follow the Red steps !
HOLY SPIDER by Ali ABBASI#Cannes2022 #Competition https://t.co/ceOmaTdgHRSecurity did not intervene in the demonstration, which took place on the steps of the Grand Palais theater.
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