With just two weeks to go before this year’s Cannes Film Festival in France, festival workers are reportedly planning to protest and strike in a move that threatens to upstage celebrity red carpet events and the premieres of several highly anticipated movies.
As many as 200 French film festival workers — including Cannes workers and those from other festivals across France — are planning protests at this year’s Cannes festival, according to a Deadline report. Because the French have labor unions for every conceivable profession, no matter how niche, these protests are being organized by a union that represents film festival workers — Sous Les Écrans La Dèche: Collectif Des Précaires Des Festivals De Cinéma.
Protestors plan to hold demonstrations on the Croisette — the main stretch through the city — throughout the 12-day Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off…
