Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Isabelle Huppert Cut Hair In Video Showing Solidarity For Iranian Women
05.10.2022 - 11:59
/ deadline.com
More than 50 French female artists from the worlds of cinema and music have symbolically cut their hair in a video campaign showing support for the ongoing protests in Iran calling for more freedom for women following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
French actresses Isabelle Adjani, Berenice Bejo, Juliette Binoche, Laure Calamy, Marion Cotillard, Julie Gayet, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Isabelle Huppert and Alexandra Lamy were among those sharing images of themselves cutting off their hair.
Amini died in police custody on September 16 after being arrested for not wearing her hijab properly in accordance with the country’s strict religious laws and allowing some locks of hair to escape.
Police say she died of a heart attack but eyewitnesses and people who were detained with the young woman said she was severely beaten.
Women around the world have been cutting a lock of hair and posting the act on social networks around the world in recent days in a sign of solidarity for Iranian women.
The video, hashtagged #HairForFreedom, was posted on Instagram early on Wednesday morning.
A post shared by SOUTIEN FEMMES IRAN (@soutienfemmesiran)
Binoche kicks off the video, holding her hair up high and then shearing a sizeable chunk off, declaring “For Freedom” in English.
The video ends with an image by French-Iranian artist and director Marjane Satrapi, who tackled the issue of women’s rights in Iran in her award-winning graphic novel and feature adaptation Persepolis.
“Since Mahsa’s death on September 16, the Iranian people, led by women, have been protesting at the risk of their lives. These people only hope for access to the most essential freedoms. These women, these men, are asking for our support,” read a statement