Tuesday, 11. May 2004

Topic: HOLLYWALD - on May 11, 2004 at 11:56:00 AM CEST

Fears for Cannes as unions plan festival protests

Organisers and politicians were scrambling yesterday to head off the threat of the Cannes film festival being wrecked by protests from showbusiness workers.

Officials at the event, which runs from tomorrow until May 23 with a guestlist that includes Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Michael Moore, insisted yesterday there was no risk of it being called off.

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