Thursday, actor Mathieu Kassovitz estimated that in this period of health crisis, cinemas were "not essential".
"He's a fool," replies on Europe 1 Charles Berling, very critical of the government's decision to keep cultural venues closed.
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While a large part of the world of culture continues to castigate the government's decision to maintain the closure of cultural venues at least until January 7, comedian Mathieu Kassovitz has turned back, believing that theaters cinema were, in view of the health situation, "absolutely not essential".
A statement that did not please another actor, Charles Berling, who answered him on Europe 1, calling him an "imbecile".
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Thursday evening, on BFM-TV, the director of La Haine did not want to overwhelm the government on the issue of cinemas, denouncing "a form of misplaced ego".
And remembered that culture and cinema were accessible from home.
“You have TV, you can watch movies at home,” he said.
For Mathieu Kassovitz, cinemas are "absolutely not essential in the situation in which we are" pic.twitter.com/ORiUaVVtIg
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Asked about these remarks, Charles Berling, also director of the Châteauvallon-Liberté Theater in Toulon, qualifies this point of view as "totally idiotic".
"He's a fool," he says of his fellow actor, whom he qualifies as a "very good" actor.
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"French culture is not fair to stay on your sofa"
"He is on his sofa watching series. It's possible to do that, but you can also think that French culture and creation is not just sitting on your sofa and watching a screen", s 'he annoys.
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"The work we do in the field, in the theater, he knows nothing about it", insists Charles Berling again.