When Julia Ducournau won the prize forTitanein 2021, Macron congratulated her publicly over Twitter.
Toutes mes felicitations a Julia Ducournau pour sa Palme d’or au Festival de Cannes !
Une palme qui recompense l’audace et la singularite du cinema francais.
Justine TrietChristophe Simon/AFP via Getty
This time around, no congratulatory Tweet has been forthcoming.
Frances left-wing Nupes alliance noisily raised the issue in parliament on Tuesday.
Watch the firey intervention in favor of Triet by Nupes politician Sarah Legrain below.
The current government would never meddle with cultural funding or deny support to political detractors, she said.
Her battles are ours and her worries are ours, it continued.
The funding is accompanied by an intricate ecosystem of regional funds, private investment funds and tax relief.
