Quebec filmmaker Monia Chokri, present at Cannes with the comedy "Simple comme Sylvain", denounces "a kind of violence" in human relationships in cinema, "particularly in France" "Speeches are political as are non-speeches," she insists. "We made this film in love, thanks to her," says actress-director Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, who plays Sophia in the film.
The director Maïwenn, who herself admitted to having assaulted the journalist Edwy Plenel, played in his film the American Johnny Depp.