'Les Miserables' director says people should not be satisfied 'if the government is not doing what it has to do.'
French international feature Oscar hopeful Ladj Ly has expressed support for the anti-government protesters who have hit the streets of Hong Kong over the past four months, saying their anger comes from a sense of governmental inaction.
The French director was careful to point out that he was in no way supporting violence, only suggesting that for some people – sometimes – it might seem the only course of action. "The background of my story is a very violent situation," said Ly. "I really emphasize that I don’t accept or support violence, but sometimes it cannot be helped."
Concluded the director: "I think we have seen in history how you begin with talk and if talk doesn’t work it moves to violence. You saw in France in 2005 that there were talks at the start but when the talks went nowhere the people became violent. It was only at that time that government became interested."
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