Charlotte Gainsbourg Does the Opposite of Freeing the Nipple 

This weekend, Richard Gere’s political thriller Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer premieres wide in theaters. On Wednesday, the cast gathered for an intimate New York screening hosted by the Cinema Society — in addition to the film’s star Gere, actors Lior Ashkenazi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Hank Azaria, and Steve Buscemi all put in appearances. Actress and consummate French cool girl Gainsbourg plays Alex Green, who NPR recently described as “a New York-based corruption investigator for the Israeli government” who encounters the titular businessman played by Gere.

At the screening, surrounded by her suited male co-stars, Gainsbourg cut a particularly striking figure in an edgy Saint Laurent ensemble, plus t-shirt, minus glitter boots. It’s a look that showed during the Spring 2017 season, the collection that marked Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent debut. (Gainsbourg herself also sat front-row at the debut.) Originally modeled by Binx Walton, the leather minidress was an especially bold look — its most notable accessory being the rhinestone heart pasty on Walton’s breast, a gesture at modesty for the cutaway design. But for Gainsbourg’s red carpet appearance, she opted for a slightly more demure take on the look, doing whatever you might call the opposite of freeing the nipple [ . . . ]

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Outcry as Cannes Film Festival poster ‘thins’ Claudia Cardinale’s curves

The official poster for this year’s Cannes Film Festival sparked an outcry Wednesday over claims that Italian actress Claudia Cardinale’s thighs had been airbrushed to make them thinner.

 

French media poured scorn on the festival for seemingly tampering with a photograph of Cardinale swirling her skirt on a Rome roof in 1959.

“Claudia Cardinale dropped a dress size in one swirl,” said the left-leaning Liberation, while the culture magazine Telerama questioned why it was necessary to retouch the famously sexy star when she was in her heyday.

“While the poster is magnificent, the photograph has clearly and deplorably been airbrushed to thin the actress’s thighs. What a pity,” it said. [ . . . ]

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French Film Release: Joachim Lafosse’s “L’économie du couple” (After Love)

Joachim Lafosse (Our Children) Discusses his latest drama L’économie du Couple (After Love). An intelligent and compassionate portrayal of a divorcing couple forced to share a home, it features poignant performances by Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn who both display a stunning level of dramatic range and depth.

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Christian Clavier defends With open arms in the face of the controversy aroused by this comedy

With open arms is not a stack of clichés,” said Christian Clavier on the set of C to you “. The French actor defended the last comedy of Philippe de Chauveron, director of What did we do to the Good God? , In front of the tidal wave of negative reactions that had caused the trailer and the previews of the film.

The feature film features a “bobo of the left caviar” (dixit Clavier) which welcomes a family of Roma often described as “ugly and dirty”. The polemic had immediately broke out on social networks. Internet users have expressed their contempt for this feature, accused of advocating racism and discrimination against the Roma community. Accusations that the editorial staff of Le Figaro can not attest for the simple reason that he was denied access to the press screenings of the film [ . . . ] Read More at: Christian Clavier defends With open arms in the face of the controversy aroused by this comedy

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