Legal proceedings are again creating a cloud over Cannes this year. The Chinese film “Summer Palace” by Lou Ye is being held up by the Chinese censorship authorities, although the festival has vowed to screen the film anyway.
Meawhile, French producer Emmanuel Benbihy has asked for a court injunction to block “Paris, je t’aime”, a series of Paris-based shorts directed by Gus Van Sant and Gurinder Chadha amongst others. Contributions from film-makers Raphael Nadjari and Christoffer Boe were cut. This led Benbihy to complain it was not the film he engaged to co-produce. It is set to screen on Thursday evening – if the courts allow it.
Paris je t’aime – the movie
Montmartre – written and directed by Bruno Podalydès
Quais de Seine – written and directed by Gurinder Chadha
Le Marais – written and directed by Gus Van Sant
Tuileries – written and directed by Joel et Ethan Coen
Loin du 16e – written and directed by Walter Salles et Daniela Thomas
Porte de Choisy – written and directed by Christopher Doyle
Bastille – written and directed by Isabel Coixet
Place des Victoires – written and directed by Nobuhiro Suwa
Tour Eiffel – written and directed by Sylvain Chomet
Parc Monceau – written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Quartier des Enfants Rouges – written and directed by Olivier Assayas
Place des fêtes – written and directed by Oliver Schmitz
Pigalle – written and directed by Richard LaGravenese
Quartier de la Madeleine – written and directed by Vincenzo Natali
Père-Lachaise – written and directed by Wes Craven
Faubourg Saint-Denis – written and directed by Tom Tykwer
Quartier Latin – written by Gena Rowlands, directed by Gérard Depardieu and Frédéric Auburtin
14e arrondissement – written and directed by Alexander Payne