>On August 11, Mayor Olivier Sarrabeyrouse said: “I regret that a small group in the neighbourhood has mobilised its energy under pressure from one individual to prevent the screening of this film, which was classified as suitable for all audiences in France when it was released in cinemas in 2023.”
>Sarrabeyrouse dismissed the protesters as an “extreme minority of hooligans” driven by “obscurantism” and “fundamentalism”, accusing them of likely not even having seen the film.
>He said he would “file a complaint” and refused to “tolerate cultural no-go zones” in Noisy-le-Sec.
>obscurantism
Interesting choice of descriptor