Most recently, “Blue Is the Warmest Colour” director Abdellatif Kechiche effectively made himself persona non grata among U.S.
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in May 2019 and has been updated accordingly.Ĭannes has a history of premiering sexually explicit films throughout its history - and with all manner of unsimulated acts - to both shocks and shrugs on the Croisette.Īn avant-garde film like Yugoslavian director Dušan Makavejev’s brilliantly sex-crazed bonanza “Sweet Movie” likely didn’t swallow well with American audiences treated to its insanities, from coprophilia to vomit play, but it’s gone on to attract a cult following.
