The Cannes Film Festival is coming under scrutiny for its strict dress code after women not wearing high heels were turned away from a premiere.
Many are criticising the festival after Screen International reported that several middle-aged women were refused entry to Sunday’s premiere of Todd Haynes’ 1950s lesbian romance Carol for wearing flats.
On Tuesday, actress Emily Blunt called the report “very disappointing, obviously.”
“Everyone should wear flats, to be honest, at the best of times” said Blunt, who was there to premiere the Mexican drug war thriller Sicario. “You kind of think that there’s these new waves of equality.”
Director Denis Villeneuve joked that he and his male stars, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, would wear heels to the evening premiere of Sicario in protest.
They didn’t, of course, sticking with black dress shoes. Blunt wore stilettos with a silver hue, though you could barely glimpse them because of the long silvery sequined dress.