{"id":59397,"date":"2018-02-13T17:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=59397"},"modified":"2018-02-05T08:41:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T06:41:31","slug":"13-00-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=59397","title":{"rendered":"Film distributor comes to Woody Allen\u2019s defense"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>French film distributor comes to Woody Allen\u2019s defense amid sexual abuse claims<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

THOMAS ADAMSON<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The head of Mars Films calls renewed allegations by Allen’s adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, ‘shameless opportunism’<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this Wednesday, May 11, 2016, file photo, director Woody Allen poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Cafe Society, at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

PARIS (AP) \u2014 Woody Allen\u2019s French film distributor has defended the American director against sexual abuse claims, saying he has been unfairly caught up in the fallout surrounding the #MeToo movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Writing in the French weekly Le Point, Mars Films head Stephane Celerier dismissed the furor over renewed allegations by Allen\u2019s adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, that Allen molested her in an attic in 1992 when she was 7. Celerier describes the accusation as a family drama caught in the crosshairs of the #MeToo movement amid fallout from the allegations of rape and sexual harassment against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is \u201cshameless opportunism,\u201d Celerier said of the fresh attacks against the director in the media that he said \u201ctaint the dignity of real victims.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Celerier\u2019s company is behind the distribution of Allen\u2019s latest movie \u201cWonder Wheel,\u201d starring Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake, which opened in French cinemas this week to lukewarm ticket sales.<\/span><\/p>\n

His defense of Allen is the latest chapter in an emerging narrative in France, particularly in its film industry, that the Hollywood anti-abuse campaign has gone too far.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dylan Farrow<\/strong> speaks with CBS in an interview aired on January 18, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Farrow in January gave her first on-camera interview to \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d about her longstanding abuse allegations against the 82-year-old filmmaker. Allen has long denied the allegations and was investigated but not charged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the Weinstein allegations, France \u2014 the country synonymous with love \u2014 has been stumbling as it addresses the issue of sexual harassment and violence against women.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, French actress Catherine Deneuve set the feminist world ablaze by co-signing a letter accusing the post-Weinstein groundswell of allegations of being puritanical.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November, France\u2019s famed film institute La Cinematheque Francaise went ahead with a retrospective of works by director Roman Polanski despite opposition by feminist groups. The institute said its role was not to moralize. The Polish-born director in the 1970s pleaded guilty to having sex in the U.S. with a 13-year-old girl whom he plied with champagne and Quaaludes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Polanski, who lives in France, and Allen, continue to be highly revered by the French public. Polanski was honored last year as president of the Cesar awards, France\u2019s answer to the Oscars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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French film distributor comes to Woody Allen\u2019s defense amid sexual abuse claims THOMAS ADAMSON The head of Mars Films calls renewed allegations by Allen’s adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, ‘shameless opportunism’ In this Wednesday, May 11, 2016, file photo, director Woody Allen poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Cafe Society, at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59397"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59436,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397\/revisions\/59436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}