PARIS (AP) – Oscar-winning actors Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche, in addition to different French stars of display screen and music, filmed themselves slicing locks of their hair in a video posted Wednesday in help of protesters in Iran.
“For freedom,” Binoche stated as she lower a big handful of hair off the highest of her head with a pair of scissors earlier than brandishing it in entrance of the digital camera.
The video with the hashtag HairForFreedom follows Iran surrounded by anti-government protests. 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after she was arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict gown code.
Video of Cotillard, Binoche and dozens of different ladies slicing locks of their hair was launched on an Instagram account, “soutienfemmesiran” – which interprets as “supporting ladies in Iran”.
“These ladies, these males are asking for our help. His braveness and his dignity oblige us,” stated a publish accompanying the video.
“We’ve got determined to answer our attraction – us too – by slicing off a few of these locks.”
A number of the different ladies who participated included actors Charlotte Rampling and Charlotte Gainsbourg, who had been additionally filmed chopping hair off the top of their mom, singer Jane Birkin.