A woman dressed in the colors of the Ukrainian flag protested on the red carpet of the 76th Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, dousing herself in fake blood before being led away by security, WION reports.
A short protest took place during the screening of the film Just Philippot Acid.
As a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, the woman, whose identity is unknown, appeared in a long dress in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, yellow and blue, and doused herself in a red substance that imitates blood. while on the steps of the Palace of Festivals.
VIDEO: Cannes action.
A woman dressed in Ukrainian colors covered herself with fake blood on the steps of the Palace of Festivals during a screening of the film “Acid” before being escorted out by security personnel pic.twitter.com/v7hAz1zetW
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 22, 2023
The young woman climbed the stairs, then took out several packets of red substance from her dress, which she held above her head, broke them and smeared herself with fake blood, smiling at the cameras filming her.
The security guard quickly removed her from the stairs, then other colleagues came to the rescue to pull the young woman out.
This is not the first protest on the Cannes red carpet. In 2022, a woman tore off her dress, exposing her body painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, and the inscription “DO NOT RAPE US ANYMORE” was emblazoned on her body.
On the red carpet in Cannes for George Miller’s new film, the woman in front of me took off all her clothes (covered in paint) and fell to her knees screaming in front of the photographers. The Cannes authorities came running, covered her coat and blocked my camera from filming pic.twitter.com/JFdWlwVMEw
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 20, 2022
Wearing red-stained knickers with handprints on her bum, she screamed and posed for photographers before being taken away by security.
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