These notorious films were the most controversial projects to ever debut in Cannes history
Kirsten Dunst, Sofia Coppola, and Jason Schwartzman at the 59th Cannes Film Festival in 2006.An American director’s take on the story of Marie Antoinette was destined to polarize European audiences. And coming off the Oscar-winning success of, Sofia Coppola had even more eyes trained on her big-budget biopic.
Photo: Courtesy of GettyLars Von Trier is no stranger to controversy. The Danish filmmaker has fielded criticisms of misogyny, workplace abuse, and general assholery throughout his career. Bjork. Nicole Kidman famously went through the wringer on the set of, with her co-star Paul Bettany referring to the experience as "eight enormously long weeks in the most depressing place I have ever been to in my life.”in 2009.
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