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Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar calls Trump, Netanyahu and Putin 'monsters' in Cannes
The Spanish filmmaker said artists have a moral duty to speak out as he denounced Trump, Netanyahu and Putin and wore a Free Palestine pin.
- On Wednesday, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar urged Europeans to act as a "shield" against Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Vladimir Putin during a press conference at the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
- Prompted by concerns over censorship and Canal+ CEO Maxine Saada's threat to blacklist artists, Almodóvar argued that silence is "a symptom that things are going really badly."
- Tensions escalated after 600 industry members, including Juliette Binoche and Swann Arlaud, signed a letter criticizing billionaire Vincent Bolloré for controlling the French media pipeline.
- Saada announced the network would blacklist signatories, declaring "I don't want to work with people who call us crypto-fascists." Almodóvar countered that artists have a moral obligation to speak out.
- Wearing a "Free Palestine" pin, Almodóvar highlighted his past activism, including a letter signed last year denouncing genocide in Gaza alongside Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon.
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