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Woody Allen with Timothée Chalamet during the shooting of the movie "A rainy day in New York". © Mars Films

The release of the film has already sparked controversy across the Atlantic. This Wednesday, September 18th, the new Woody Allen, "A day of rain in New York", a romantic comedy, comes out in France.

Far from the screens, it is because of a matter of manners that the director is in turmoil. Her adopted daughter Dylan Farrow accuses her of sexually abusing her when she was 7 years old. Even if the police investigation, conducted 26 years ago, in 1993, concluded to the innocence of the filmmaker, he is today more and more isolated.

A rainy day in New York is a stunning romantic comedy, carried by very young actors like Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning. These are two good family students who are planning a romantic weekend in Manhattan.

A Hollywood star and an escort girl

But nothing goes as planned. They will be embarked on crazy adventures, crossing throughout this rainy day a director in the middle of an existential crisis, an escort-girl and a Hollywood star.

For Woody Allen, nothing happened as planned. While filming this film, he found himself in turmoil when his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow reiterated her accusations of sexual abuse, an explosive subject in the middle of the Weinstein affair.

Regrets and cinema

Many of the actors and actresses who worked with the filmmaker - Ellen Page, Greta Gerwig and Colin Firth - said they were sorry to have shot with him. Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez will pay their salary to victims of sexual harassment. And Amazon, who produced the film, decided to bury it. A rainy day in New York will not be released in theaters on the North American continent.