During questions to the government, the Minister of Culture Catherine Pégard deplored on Tuesday the reaction of the boss of Canal+, who announced on Sunday to boycott the signatories of the anti-Bolloré forum.
The Minister of Culture Catherine Pégard said on Tuesday that she regretted the “disproportionate” response of the boss of Canal+ who declared on Sunday that he no longer wanted to work with the signatories of an anti-Bolloré forum.
“The major place of this company in cinema gives it a voice that counts. I regret that the response, disproportionate to say the least, given to the very real concerns which were expressed, arouses them”, said the minister, during the session of questions to the government.
Ms. Pégard assures that she “heard the emotion, the concern which is expressed in the cinema sector, as they were expressed in the book sector recently” and hopes that “reason and dialogue can prevail over threats”.
The Society of Film Directors (SRF), which brings together 500 filmmakers, also called on Tuesday for “mediation” between the signatories of the platform and the Canal+ film teams in order to “restore trust”.
Initially launched by 600 professionals, this forum denouncing “the growing influence of the extreme right” in the 7th art under the influence of Vincent Bolloré, now has more than 2,000 signatories, according to the Zapper Bolloré collective.
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