Catherine Corsini Publishes Open Letter Denying Wrongdoing On Set Of Film ‘Le Retour’ As Cannes Inclusion Divides French Industry
deadline.comFrench director Catherine Corsini and her producer Elisabeth Perez have published an open letter denying wrongdoing on the set of upcoming Cannes Palme d’Or contender Le Retour.
There have been multiple French media reports over the past two weeks detailing allegations of a lack of safeguarding of minors as well as the mistreatment of crew members and young actors in the lead-up to and during the film’s shoot in Corsica at the end of last year.
For a time, it looked like the allegations would result in the film being denied a promised slot in the Cannes Film Festival’s main Competition, but the title was announced among 13 feature additions to Official Selection earlier this week following an investigation by the event. “Anonymous and defamatory emails have been sent to the profession and the press, generating a rumor that was very damaging for the film.
Thankfully, the biggest festival in the world took the time to carefully check the truth,” read the letter posted on Tuesday evening and signed off by Corsini and Perez under the banner of their Paris-based Chaz Productions.
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