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[–] bunnysupreme ago 

I'll merely say this; If i was French i would be feeling a very deep sense of shame right now. The French need to get off their asses and fix their country.

We could lobby to have the producer & director put in a no fly list.

They dont get to set foot on American soil.

They dont get to set foot on British soil.

The minute they turn up at the airport in Paris, and their passports register on screen, they get their tickets ripped up and they are told to leave the airport.

We could coordinate a global campaign against all French embassies abroad. Get one of those digital projectors to screen the word SHAME with their faces and likeness directly on to any and all French embassies around the world. Shame President Macron into doing something about this, since they are his people.

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[–] glassuser 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

"could"

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[–] Lansing-Michigan ago 

Just read that Robert Robinson was in a jail in Warren Maine. Could not reply on that post so am doing so here. Sorry if it is off topic. I live in upper state ME. We had a pedophile here , way out in the boonies. He also watched obituaries for recently deceased and stole from their houses. He was finally put into prison because he assaulted a child in another county. There are high up people in law enforcement here who break the law. ...as in this case. I personally think the lower level law enforcement is the best. ...so there are probably many who would like to see the higher ups outed.If anyone knows information re. this outrage, I can be reached at marthaannis@gmail.com

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[–] darkknight111 [S] ago 

Would love sauce on that.

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[–] shewhomustbeobeyed ago 

Idk if she answered you yet, but there is this. - h ttps://jailalert.com/arrest-records/robert-leslie-robinson-10433150.html - https://archive.vn/EpmAi

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[–] 771423x1 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

"celebrate women and female sexuality"....but these kids were 10, 11, 12 years old. What in the holiest of craps were they thinking? There is absolutely no defending this. How did nobody throughout the whole production stop and consider the actual motivations behind the film and the true intended audience?

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[–] FidelisNeuter ago  (edited ago)

I wrote this to another forum but copy/pasta it in case it's of any interest to you:

From this page in French, I'm noting these amounts of money in the production. Not going to pay the cinefinances site to check the info (720 € is standard subscription for a year or 1,800 € for premium, no thanks I'm poor and have stopped watching TV and going to the cinema since pizzagate happened)

https://siritz.com/cinescoop/la-remuneration-de-maimouna-doucoure/

The movie "Cuties" has a budget of 3,4 millions € (seems average amount, in the low budget movies). The production company says it's their first feature film, they were specialized in short videos before that.

Dates are bonkers, they say the movie received in 2017 the Sundance award. Had to check with the Sundance site, they list it as year 2019, Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic. When was that co-founder of Sundance arrested already? (rhetoric question)

https://www.sundance.org/projects/cuties

The director Doucouré was paid 93,000 € (advance of 50,000 € and salary of 43,000 €), add 25,000 € for the script. They point it's above the median remuneration (copyrights+salary) of French directors that is about 80,000 €.

I wonder why for a first feature film, from a production company barely known to the public, they would pay above average amounts, even if they've received tons of awards in the past for their short films. I also noted the movie was pre-purchased by Canal + (I stopped watching Canal + long before pizzagate, consider them the ultra-liberal Harvey Weinstein not yet arrested from France), Multithématique (dunno) and France 3 (puking worthy, that's a public channel that's considered more local news and societal issues oriented, I believe it's the second public TV channel in importance).

Also in France, the median income for the standard worker is barely 25,000-30,000 €. I'm amazed how much a rather unknown director (except for the industry pros and niche viewers) is making for her first feature film on an obviously not-mainstream topic.

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[–] FidelisNeuter ago  (edited ago)

Edit: I see where the 2017 Sundance award came from. On the French wiki page of Doucouré:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AFmouna_Doucour%C3%A9

It says in January 2017, she's awarded the Global Filmmaking Award for "Cuties", sponsored for the event by African-American director Ava DuVernay.

https://www.lequotidien.sn/sundance-2017-maimouna-doucoure-a-nouveau-recompensee/ (Senegalese news in French, article dated February 3, 2017)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AFmouna_Doucour%C3%A9

And from the English wiki, it says that award at Sundance 2017 was for the script. When was that co-founder of Sundance arrested? (rhetorical question) Then at Sundance 2020, she won the Directing Jury Award, praising her for her script (again?). Why the heck Sundance kept rewarding that project?