Greta Gerwig Addresses #MeToo Movement in France at Cannes Press Conference: ‘It’s Only Moving Everything in the Correct Direction’
variety.comGreta Gerwig addressed the growing #MeToo movement in France at the jury press conference on opening day of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. “I think people in the community of movies telling us stories and trying to change things for the better is only good,” Gerwig said when asked how she felt about #MeToo-related rumors swirling ahead of the festival. “I have seen substantive change in in the American film community, and I think it’s important that we continue to expand that conversation.
So I think it’s only moving everything in the correct direction. Keep those lines of communication open.” Gerwig is serving as the president of this year’s competition jury, which will be awarding the prestigious Palme d’Or at the end of the 11-day festival that kicks off on Tuesday night.
The jury is comprised of Spanish filmmaker J. A. Bayona, Turkish actress and screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, Italian actor and producer Pierfrancesco Favino, “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone, French actor Eva Green, Japanese filmmaker and producer Hirokazu Kore-eda, Lebanese actor and filmmaker Nadine Labaki and French actor Omar Sy.
Bayona had a different perspective on the issue, echoing general delegate Thierry Fremaux, who said in a press conference on Monday that the priority of the festival should be the movies.
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