Cannes Film Festival 2016: French comedian makes Woody Allen rape joke at Café Society film premiere

The 69th Cannes Film Festival kicked off in controversial style last night as a French comedian made a joke at the expense of Woody Allen during the opening night premiere of his new film Café Society.

Allen’s latest film Café Society has been deemed a success by critics making it his most well-reviewed film since the Oscar-winning Blue Jasmine (2012).

Allen is accused of molesting his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in an open letter she wrote to The New York Times in 2014.