Cannes Film Festival: David Lisnard Denounces the Silence of Artists on the Fate of Boualem Sansal

"It's good to talk about the misery in the world, but we must already defend the French artists," the mayor of Cannes said on Monday 19 May at the microphone of CNews.

At the microphone of France 2 on 19 May, while the greatest artists of the 7th art marched on the red carpet, the mayor of Cannes went up to the niche to denounce the silence regarding the fate reserved for the writer Boualem Sansal, who had been detained for six months in Algeria.

Pascal Praud, the leading host of the Pros' Day on CNews, did not chew his words this Monday, May 19th. His mouth shut? The deafening silence around Boualem Sansal, a French writer imprisoned in Algeria for six months, during the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. An oblivion that goes badly for the journalist, especially after the committed speeches by Laurent Lafitte and Juliette Binoche. A writer in the shadow of the stars While the opening…