An investigation was opened Thursday in Seine-Saint-Denis, after the cancellation of the projection of the film “Barbie” on August 8 in a district of Noisy-le-Sec under the pressure of a group of young inhabitants, AFP learned from the Bobigny prosecution.
The prosecution received the complaint filed Thursday morning by the mayor of Noisy-le-Sec, Olivier Sarrabeyrouse (PCF) who had decided to cancel the projection of “Barbie” in order to protect the agents of the town hall verbally assaulted that evening according to him.
“An investigation has been opened for threats, violence or an act of intimidation towards a public service project manager for him to perform or abstain from the act of his mission and entrusted to the police station of Noisy-le-Sec,” said a judicial source.
A “reprogramming” of the film is planned
The city had canceled the broadcast on a giant screen of the film “Barbie”, outdoors in the Londeau district, because a dozen young men had uttered “insistent threats”, according to the mayor, to put an end to the session.
In front of the press on Friday, Olivier Sarrabeyrouse recalled that he had described “obscurantism and fundamentalism” their attitude and condemned their “totally fallacious” argument according to which this film advocated homosexuality and undermined the image of women.
The town hall is working on “the reprogramming of this film” within reasonable deadlines, he announced, wishing a moment of debate not to leave “a group of men to land in moral censors”.
But the elected official was outraged by the “totally disproportionate” character of the controversy that followed. “I condemn with even more firmness political recovery, Islamophobic racist speculation and hate that has poured up for 24 hours by the right and the extreme right,” he insisted.
“Not suitable”, “not correct”, “too vulgar”
Directed by Greta Gerwig, the film is a feminist satire which sees Barbie, interpreted by Margot Robbie, discovering the misogyny of the real world.
On the esplanade where the film was to be screened, several young men estimated Thursday with AFP that for the many children under the age of 10 present on August 8, the film was “not suitable”, “not correct”, “too” vulgar “, while affirming that this rejection” has nothing to do with Islam or religion “.
According to words reported Thursday by BFMTV, the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau denounced “pressures of a violent minority which wants hallalis Public space “, judging them” not acceptable, as is not acceptable to the slightest decline in the face of these community demands “.
date: 2025-08-15 02:42:00