A new music video by gay Quebecois director Xavier Dolan
for the popular French rock band Indochine features the crucifixion and
graphic shooting of a bullied student at a Catholic school. In the
clip, a bullied teenage boy is taunted in the hallways of the school
before being pursued, thrown down stairs, kicked and pissed on, then
nailed to a cross and shot several times by his classmates while others
shoot the scene on their mobile phones.
It is being censored in Canada and France.
Dolan reacted angrily to the prospect of the video being banned during daytime hours on music channels in France.
“That really bothers me. On these kind of channels you see situations that are racist, violent and degrading – particularly to women. “So it seems absurd to me that this video should be censored," he added.
While French regulators may be shocked by the video, Dolan and Indochine have received significant support from French users of social networks.
Radio and TV host Emilie Mazoyer summed up the view of many Twitter users, saying: "Some people find Indochine's music video 'violent.' Yes, it does turn your stomach for six minutes. But bullied students go through that 300 days a year. Imagine that."
Canada's MusiquePlus will not play the clip.
Watch (warning: graphic) below:
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2013/05/indochine.html#ixzz2SFIDqVmC
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