Among other things, we probably have just avoided French cinema industry annihilation.
Had the far-right RN party secured an absolute majority in the French parliament, their agenda would have limited government funding exclusively to “patriotic films”.
Eerily similar to what has already happened to the annihilated Russian film industry. De jure, you can still shoot any film there, after jumping over the logistical hurdles of minor inconveniences: no bank transfers, no Eurimages participation, no new camera rentals, no actors (squeezed abroad)…
However, like everywhere else, you need a rating certificate to screen anything publicly. In other words, an authorization delivered by the Ministry of Culture, which effectively restricts approvals to… historically patriotic dramas or positively-childbearing family comedies.
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