French cinema faces reckoning as media mogul Bolloré blacklists stars for daring to challenge him

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France's film industry is reeling after its biggest production company – Canal+, owned by right-wing billionaire Vincent Bolloré – announced it would no longer work with some 600 professionals who signed a petition opposing Bolloré and the "grip of the far right" on cinema. The fallout is highlighting some uncomfortable truths about the industry's reliance on one company.

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