The Palais des Festivals had not yet seen its first climb of the steps, in this month of May, when the international press was already holding its first title on the 79e Cannes Film Festival. French cinema, many foreign titles report, is worried about the growing power of the far right in the country.
The day before the opening of the festival, in Libération, nearly 600 professionals in the sector, actors, directors, producers or technicians, had warned of the risk of a “fascist takeover of the collective imagination†. Alongside Juliette Binoche, Adèle Haenel or Swann Arlaud, title The Hollywood Reporter, they denounced the takeover of UGC by Vincent Bolloré. Since September, Vivendi has held 34% of the capital of the third largest network of cinemas in France, with the ambition of taking total control by 2028. And this “media empire†is accused of “promoting a reactionary and far-right ideology†, recalls the Californian site.
UGC and the CNC, enough is enough!
Thus, explains Linkiesta, in Italy, the billionaire would be present across the entire film chain: financing, production, distribution and broadcast. “A problem all the more worrying since Bolloré makes no secret of advocating a ‘civilis project
