Sunday, May 24, 2009

The protesters denied the working CANNES electricity.

   The protesters French workers to turn off electricity at the Cannes Film Festival. This May 19, said AFP.
The demonstrators, who included professionals in the field of electricity and gas, held a protest march through the streets of Cannes. As part of the protest, they have managed for some time turn off the electricity in the room where the contest was shown the film "I Love You, Phillip Morris, and John Glenn Fikarry Rekury. Also, the light went out briefly in a few international exhibition pavilions.
The protest was dispersed by police, order was restored.
One of the main demands of protesting workers - the increase of salaries. They also opposed the partial privatization of the energy sector.
62 th Cannes Film Festival being held at the Riviera, from 13 to 24 May. The "Gold Palm branch" claimed a total of 20 films, including four shot directors have already received this award - Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loachem, Jane Kempion and Lars von Trier. The jury headed by French actress Isabelle Yupper.

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