Justine Triet explains her speech against the French government’s policy on culture and pensions

“I’m in a more privileged situation, but I can’t get here ignoring the world. Cannes has always been a reflection of that, it’s a place where people have expressed themselves politically. For me, it was An evidence”explained Sunday May 28 on franceinfo Justine Triet, rewarded on Saturday with the Palme d’Or for her film Anatomy of a fall.

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During the presentation of her prize on Saturday on the stage of the Palais des Festivals, the director took advantage of the platform to launch an attack against the policy of the French government on culture and pensions: “This year, the country has been crossed by a historic, unanimous protest against the pension reform”dispute that “has been shockingly denied by power”, denounced Justine Triet. Acclaimed by the audience, she also criticized the approach “neoliberal government”, “which is breaking the French cultural exception”.

A “slightly provocative” speech

On franceinfo, she recognizes that her speech “was a bit provocative” and makes it clear that she was speaking on his behalf. She considers that the government’s actions in terms of public aid to the cinema are carried out in a “spirit of profitability”. She criticizes criticizes the danger that these aids go to “biggest movies” to the detriment of independent creative cinema.

“I have a place in this system and I cannot arrive here, having the floor, without also thinking for others, those who arrive behind.”

Justine Triet

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The director claims “this French cultural exception that we must absolutely preserve and cherish. All people around the world envy us this non-profitability of films. It is something very precious”she insisted. “Be careful, at times we are in things that are a little dangerous compared to that. I don’t think only of myself, I think of others.”

Future filmmakers will not necessarily have the same opportunities as Justine Triet. “Me, I manage to edit my films. I think of this generation which is coming. It’s very delicate, there is an embarrassment, compared to an explosive situation at all strata of society. kind of moment, where we are happy for his family and for us, where it is complicated not to feel solidarity.