The collective "Zapper Bolloré" has announced that Spanish actor Javier Bardem, British director Ken Loach and American actor Mark Ruffalo have joined the signatories of the open letter expressing concern about conservative businessman Vincent Bolloré’s grip on the film industry.
In this text, the initiators denounce what they see as Vincent Bolloré’s "tentacular, ideological hold" over the French film industry. They warn of an increasing concentration of media and cultural power in the hands of the billionaire from Brittany.
The first signatories included actors Adèle Haenel, Juliette Binoche and Blanche Gardin, actors Swann Arlaud and Jean-Pascal Zadi, photographer and documentary-maker Raymond Depardon, as well as director and screenwriter Arthur Harari.
None of the new signatories highlighted by "Zapper Bolloré" is French. Alongside the big Hollywood names, they include other directors: Palestinian Annemarie Jacir, Finn Aki Kaurismäki, Greek Yorgos Lanthimos and Brazilian Walter Salles.
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