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🇫🇷| French cinema cancels 'Last Tango in Paris' screening over rape-scene protests (www.rfi.fr)

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A screening of Last Tango in Paris, which features a rape scene filmed without the consent of actress Maria Schneider, has been canceled at the renowned Cinémathèque française in Paris. The decision came after a wave of criticism from women's rights groups, the cinema announced.

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[–] Snowclone 20 points 1 day ago

At a minimum it's sexual assualt, there was no penetration, which is usually how laws define rape, which creates a lot of problems itself, but that all aside, I agree it's rape, they didn't tell her because they thought it would make the scene more realistic, which is pretty insane...