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France : Two Moroccan Actresses Turned Away

Written (Français) bySuzanne Lehn
Translated (English) byLaura Charron
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Translation posted 1 June 2011 14 years ago

Two Moroccan actresses, invited to the Cannes Film Festival for Leila Kilani's movie “Sur la planche” [On a Plank]” were turned away at Nice airport on Thursday, May 19. They were authorized to return afterwards. In Morocco, blogger kechmania commented [fr] :
“In a perfect world, official apologies would have been offered to the two artists who were denied entry at the gates of their dreams.”

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Written (Français) bySuzanne Lehn
Translated (English) byLaura Charron

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