Maiwenn, Director of Johnny Depp’s Cannes Opener ‘Jeanne du Barry,’ Accused of Assaulting Journalist
Maïwenn, the French actress and director whose latest feature, Jeanne du Barry, starring Johnny Depp, will open this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is being sued by a French journalist for assault.
Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart, an online investigative newspaper, filed a complaint with French police claiming Maïwenn assaulted him on Feb. 22 while he was having dinner at a restaurant in Paris’ fancy seventh arrondissement. The police report leaked to the French media on Friday, a day after Cannes announced Maïwenn’s film would open its 2023 edition next month.
The complaint, filed on March 7, accuses Maïwenn of aggression. Plenel alleges he was having dinner with a lawyer when Maïwenn, who had been sitting alone at another table, came over, grabbed him violently by the hair and spit in his face before rushing out. The Afp news agency, quoting from the complaint, said Plenel, while not physically harmed, was left “traumatized by the incident.
Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart, an online investigative newspaper, filed a complaint with French police claiming Maïwenn assaulted him on Feb. 22 while he was having dinner at a restaurant in Paris’ fancy seventh arrondissement. The police report leaked to the French media on Friday, a day after Cannes announced Maïwenn’s film would open its 2023 edition next month.
The complaint, filed on March 7, accuses Maïwenn of aggression. Plenel alleges he was having dinner with a lawyer when Maïwenn, who had been sitting alone at another table, came over, grabbed him violently by the hair and spit in his face before rushing out. The Afp news agency, quoting from the complaint, said Plenel, while not physically harmed, was left “traumatized by the incident.
- 4/8/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
French actor-director Maiwenn, whose latest film “Jeanne du Barry” starring Johnny Depp is set to open the Cannes Film Festival, is being sued by Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart magazine for allegedly attacking him at a restaurant.
A police complaint was filed on March 7 by Plenel, accusing Maiween of aggression. Variety confirmed the filing with the Paris prosecutor’s office following local news reports. In the complaint, Plenel alleges that he was assaulted by Maiwenn in late February while eating at a restaurant in the posh seventh arrondissement of Paris.
Maiwenn, who was sitting by herself at a nearby table, allegedly came to his table and grabbed him by the hair before spitting in his face without saying a word, then stormed out of the venue, leaving Plenel “traumatized by the incident,” according to the news outlet Afp, which quoted the police complaint.
Variety has reached out to Maiwenn’s attorney for comment.
A police complaint was filed on March 7 by Plenel, accusing Maiween of aggression. Variety confirmed the filing with the Paris prosecutor’s office following local news reports. In the complaint, Plenel alleges that he was assaulted by Maiwenn in late February while eating at a restaurant in the posh seventh arrondissement of Paris.
Maiwenn, who was sitting by herself at a nearby table, allegedly came to his table and grabbed him by the hair before spitting in his face without saying a word, then stormed out of the venue, leaving Plenel “traumatized by the incident,” according to the news outlet Afp, which quoted the police complaint.
Variety has reached out to Maiwenn’s attorney for comment.
- 4/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Melvil Poupaud and Marion Cotillard in Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister (Frère Et Sœur) screening in Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Photo: Shanna Besson/Why Not Productions
In the first instalment with Melvil Poupaud (who is being honoured at the French Institute in New York next month) we discuss the dark side of Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister (Frère Et Sœur), Mathieu Amalric in A Christmas Tale and Kings And Queens, Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, a touch of François Ozon’s By The Grace Of God, James Joyce’s The Dead, Eric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale, and Woody Allen’s Coup De Chance with Lou de Laâge, Niels Schneider and Valérie Lemercier.
Melvil Poupaud with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I always understood that the most gratifying thing when you’re an actor is when a great director such as Eric Rohmer...
In the first instalment with Melvil Poupaud (who is being honoured at the French Institute in New York next month) we discuss the dark side of Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister (Frère Et Sœur), Mathieu Amalric in A Christmas Tale and Kings And Queens, Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, a touch of François Ozon’s By The Grace Of God, James Joyce’s The Dead, Eric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale, and Woody Allen’s Coup De Chance with Lou de Laâge, Niels Schneider and Valérie Lemercier.
Melvil Poupaud with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I always understood that the most gratifying thing when you’re an actor is when a great director such as Eric Rohmer...
- 2/15/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
From left, Lucie Zhang, Noémie Merlant and Makita Samba. Zhang: 'To get in to the vibe I was given an apartment only five minutes away from where were were shooting' Photo: Shanna Besson/Unifrance Landing your first major film role at the age of 21 with such an icon of French cinema as Jacques Audiard could have proved daunting, especially with only minimal previous experience.
Lucie Zhang who has a dual French-Chinese background, managed to take it all in her stride in Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) which bowed at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been heralded at other international film events.
She plays Émilie, a graduate who has a job at a call centre and falls in love with Camille (played by Makita Samba), her male flatmate. She found their torrid intimate scenes together “more difficult to watch than to play”. She was concerned what her parents might think.
Lucie Zhang who has a dual French-Chinese background, managed to take it all in her stride in Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) which bowed at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been heralded at other international film events.
She plays Émilie, a graduate who has a job at a call centre and falls in love with Camille (played by Makita Samba), her male flatmate. She found their torrid intimate scenes together “more difficult to watch than to play”. She was concerned what her parents might think.
- 3/18/2022
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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From acclaimed filmmaker Luc Besson (who co-scripted and produces Taken 2), co-screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen (who has penned both Taken films with Besson), and director Olivier Megaton (Columbiana, Transporter 3), Taken 2 follows the global success of Taken, released in 2008, which earned $224 million in worldwide box office. Audiences cheered Neeson as Bryan Mills, an overprotective father whose skills . forged through years of covert ops . were put to the test long after his retirement from the CIA.
Resolute in his quest to rescue his daughter, Bryan took extreme measures, making sure her kidnappers paid the ultimate price. Two years later, their...
From acclaimed filmmaker Luc Besson (who co-scripted and produces Taken 2), co-screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen (who has penned both Taken films with Besson), and director Olivier Megaton (Columbiana, Transporter 3), Taken 2 follows the global success of Taken, released in 2008, which earned $224 million in worldwide box office. Audiences cheered Neeson as Bryan Mills, an overprotective father whose skills . forged through years of covert ops . were put to the test long after his retirement from the CIA.
Resolute in his quest to rescue his daughter, Bryan took extreme measures, making sure her kidnappers paid the ultimate price. Two years later, their...
- 9/25/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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