Alain Chabat Condemns Canal+ CEO's 'Cheap Pressure' Over Bolloré Petition

Key facts

• Alain Chabat is a historic figure of the encrypted channel Canal+.
• He is an actor and director.
• He denounced the reaction of Canal+ Group's management.
• Management threatened to stop working with signatories of a petition.
• The petition criticized Vincent Bolloré's influence over French cinema.
• Chabat called the pressure a 'coup de pression à deux balles' (cheap pressure tactic).
• The event involves Canal+ and its parent company.
• The petition was about Bolloré's control over French cinema.