Justine Triet sharply denounces the way the French government has 'shockingly denied' protests against the highly contested pension reform.
abc.net.au/news/justine-triet-wins-cannes-film-festival-s-palme-dor-third-woman/102403176French woman Justine Triet has become the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, and has used her award speech as an opportunity to publicly denounce the French government.Cannes' Grand Prix, its second prize, went to Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest
Triet's speech also criticised French President Emmanuel Macron, who signed into law a bill raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 Triet criticised how the protest against pension reforms in France "has been denied and repressed" as she accepted the Palme d'Or in Cannes on Saturday.over the reform of the pension system. These protests were denied … repressed in a shocking way," she said in her speech.
Triet joins New Zealand's Jane Campion and France's Julia Ducournau as only the third woman to have won. Beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize, Triet called being only the third woman to win "surprising" and said the decision was encouraging for the future.Director Justine Triet holds her award next to actor Jane Fonda during the closing ceremony.Jane Fonda, who introduced the award, said that one day it would be normal for women to win, and not historic.
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