Estelle Denis’s plateau was the scene of a frontal charge that few observers expected. While the chroniclers debated the disastrous ecological impact celebrities going to the Croisette, Jacques Legros let a black anger. The person who embodied local information for more than two decades took advantage of this debate on the environment to broaden his criticism to the very essence of the festival. For him, the event only represents a superficial staging to the detriment of common sense and popular culture.
Cannes caught up in the ecological controversy: stars and private jets singled out
The debate was initiated by recent figures, published by the NGO Transport & Environment, concerning the previous edition. The study reveals that 750 jets privés were used to transport stars and studio bosses to Cannes. This aerial ballet consumed approximately two million liters of kerosene fossil in just two weeks. These data caused the indignation environmental activists and former airline pilots who consider this practice obscene in the midst of the climate crisis.
Anthony Viaux, a former pilot at Air France, notably denounced blindness on the part of the rich and famous who burn fuel, which has become rare, to of simple mondanités. Jacques Legros immediately responded to these comments to denounce a total disconnection with reality. The columnist believes that this deployment of colossal resources is all the more unbearable as it serves as a backdrop to an environment that he considers particularly vain.
“Just to show off” : Jacques Legros takes down the Cannes red carpets
Questioned by his colleague Fred Hermel on the harshness of his tone, Jacques Legros persisted without the slightest hesitation. “The Cannes Film Festivalit’s what ? It’s a gathering of assholes who pose in front of photographers in incredible outfits, just to appear“he said live. According to him, this fortnight is only aimed at an elite who raves about shunned films by the general public.
The journalist regrets that the official selection neglects works that truly speak to French spectators.”They don’t even like real popular cinema“he added with a frankness which has become his trademark on RMC. Jacques Legros fully embraces his image as a man of general public information and defends a vision of the seventh art accessible to allfar from the red carpets and private screenings of the Côte d’Azur.
