Why is Catherine Corsini’s film withdrawn from competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival? The facts alleged against the French director are serious.
The official selection of the Cannes Film Festival 2023 distinguished itself with a record of female directors. A French actor is also in no less than three feature films in competition. But the cinematic event is already being talked about for the wrong reasons. His opening film is under fire from critics: Joan of Berry. Its director, Maïwenn, is accused of assault by journalist Edwy Plenel, and its main actor is none other than Johnny Depp, whose big comeback will be after the high-profile trial that pitted him against Amber Heard on the subject of domestic violence and defamation.
Another director supposed to be in the spotlight for this 76th edition is now also targeted by critics. This is Catherine de Corsini, who has received professional acclaim for The divide in 2021 and is also the director of An impossible love with Virginie Efira or The beautiful season with Iza.
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Catherine Corsini pinned for a sex scene involving minors
Catherine Corsini was to present her film on the Croisette The return, starring actress Aïssatou Diallo. She had played her own role as a nurse’s aide in The divide. The story of the feature film follows a mother returning to Corsica with her two daughters for her employers, years after a tragedy… In the role of the young girls, we find Esther Gourou and Suzy Bemba, seen in cute and the series The Opera.
Only a few hours before the announcement of the official selection for the Cannes Film Festival on April 13, management was informed that the CNC (Centre National de la Cinématographie) had decided to withdraw its aid of 680,000 euros. The reason ? A simulated sex scene involving an undeclared minor under 16 to the committee in charge of filming requests.
Film producer Elisabeth Perez refers to an administrative error nearby Parisian. The scene would have been rewritten and added at the time of filming. But the actors played in a consented and “totally simulated” way.
But according to AFP, a report would have been made to the Paris prosecutor’s office in November 2022. The Minors Brigade is currently carrying out the necessary checks. Working conditions would also be singled out and we would reproach Catherine Corsini for her verbal violence during the filmingas well as inappropriate actions by team members.