PARIS – French actress Corinne Masiero stripped bare on stage throughout a scaled-back Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris to protest the federal government`s months-long closure of theatres and cinemas in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
She had “no culture no future” written on her chest and “give us art back Jean” on her again, in a message to Prime Minister Jean Castex.
Masiero, 57, was on stage to current the award for finest costume, carrying a donkey outfit and a blood-stained costume earlier than she stripped in entrance of the viewers.
Cesar Awards is France reply to the Oscars and the ceremony is in regular instances the largest night time on the French cinema calendar however on Friday (March 12) there have been no flashbulbs on the purple carpet and no companions on the arms of award nominees.
The ceremony passed off at a theatre as anger and frustration grows amongst actors, musicians and artists at the federal government`s unwillingness to set a date for the reopening of museums, galleries, live performance halls and film homes.
Marina Fois, certainly one of France`s finest identified comedians, took goal at the federal government`s months-long closure of theatres and cinemas in the course of the coronavirus pandemic in a searing speech to open the ceremony.
Fois, who hosted the night time, took a swipe at Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot for locating time to write a e book in the course of the COVID-19 disaster and mentioned: “I`m losing confidence in you.”
Nor did she maintain again from attacking the French authorities`s broader strategy to counter the COVID-19 disaster, as instances within the nation topped 4 million.
“They cooped up our youngsters, closed our cinemas and theatres and banned concerts so that they could open churches, because we`re a secular country, so that old people could go to church,” she mentioned. The majority of French persons are Roman Catholic.
Across the capital, a number of dozen protesters have been occupying the Odeon Theatre for an eighth night time demanding cultural venues be reopened and extra monetary help
