All compounded by the disaster that unfolded during the very first screening of Okja, which saw the (always vocal) Cannes audience begin wildly booing and heckling the second the Netflix logo popped up on screen.
Netflix has landed at Cannes surrounded in a haze of controversy.
With the atmosphere of the room being likened by attendees to “an unfolding prison riot environment”, the screening was halted so that the issue could be fixed.
For all the internal Cannes drama, it’s unlikely the controversy will actually have much effect on Netflix’s release of the film, which has been highly-anticipated.