{"id":16189,"date":"2023-04-08T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=16189"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:16:27","slug":"maiwenn-director-of-johnny-depp-cannes-opener-jeanne-du-barry-accused-of-assulting-journalist-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=16189","title":{"rendered":"Maiwenn, Director of Johnny Depp\u2019s Cannes Opener \u2018Jeanne du Barry,\u2019 Accused of Assaulting Journalist in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><em>Sacre bleu! Aux armes, cineastes!<br \/><\/em><br \/>Ma\u00efwenn, the French actor-director, is being sued by a magazine editor for allegedly assaulting him&#8211;in a Paris restaurant, no less. In March, Edwy Plenel, the editor of <em>Mediapart<\/em> magazine, complained to the gendarmes that on February 22, Ma\u00efwenn grabbed him by the hair and spat in his face while he was enjoying a meal. After the attack, she reportedly left the restaurant without saying a word (or presumably leaving a tip).<br \/><br \/>Ma\u00efwenn\u2019s latest film, <em><strong>Jeanne du Barry<\/strong><\/em>, about Louis XV\u2019s favorite courtier, is slated to open the Cannes Film Festival in May. Johnny Depp will be playing the role of the French monarch whose grandson and successor lost his head in the French Revolution, and Ma\u00efwenn herself will be playing Mme du Barry.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/haveagreatsmile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/grifulvin.html\">grifulvin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><br \/><br \/>The incident left Plenel \u201ctraumatized\u201d according to the official police report.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/haveagreatsmile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/strattera.html\">strattera over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> Plenel\u2019s lawyer, Pierre-Emmanuele Blard, reportedly told news media that \u201cThe act is unique but is no less violent, and in a certain way traumatic even in the absence of physical damage. Even for this kind of act, there can be no impunity.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Plenel was quoted as saying that he \u201cpersonally never had any trouble\u201d with the director, though his magazine had earlier published articles about rape accusations against Luc Besson, Ma\u00efwenn\u2019s ex-husband. Ma\u00efwenn had met Luc Besson when she was 15 and married him at 16; they had a child together. The couple ultimately separated amicably. Ma\u00efwenn has suggested that his 1994 film <i><b>L\u00e9on: The Professional <\/b><\/i>was inspired by their relationship.<br \/><br \/>Besides Ma\u00efwenn and Depp, other actors in <strong><em>Jeanne du Barry<\/em><\/strong> include Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Richard, Pascal Greggory and India Hair. Depp himself is no stranger to controversy, having recently been involved in a well-publicized defamation trial against Amber Heard, his ex-wife.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/haveagreatsmile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/ventolin.html\">ventolin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><\/p>\r\n<p>One unanswered question: did the attack take place in a five-scar restaurant?<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacre bleu! Aux armes, cineastes!Ma\u00efwenn, the French actor-director, is being sued by a magazine editor for allegedly assaulting him&#8211;in a Paris restaurant, no less. In March, Edwy Plenel, the editor of Mediapart magazine, complained to the gendarmes that on February 22, Ma\u00efwenn grabbed him by the hair and spat in his face while he was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[15139,14519,15140,15108,2993,15141,12493,15138],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maiwenn, Director of Johnny Depp\u2019s Cannes Opener \u2018Jeanne du Barry,\u2019 Accused of Assaulting Journalist in Paris | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=16189\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maiwenn, Director of Johnny Depp\u2019s Cannes Opener \u2018Jeanne du Barry,\u2019 Accused of Assaulting Journalist in Paris | Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sacre bleu! 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