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Brazil's Senate voted last Thursday to put leftist Rousseff
on trial for breaking budget laws, automatically suspending her
from office for up to 180 days as the trial takes place.
Rousseff denies wrongdoing and says she is the victim of a coup.
As they reached the top of the steps of the red carpet at the
Palais des Festivals main building, director Kleber Mendonca
Filho and his team unveiled protest signs.
Mendonca Filho's read: "Un coup d'Etat a eu lieu au Bresil" (A
coup has been staged in Brazil). Other members of the cast and
crew also held signs, with one saying: "54,501,118 votes set on
fire".
They were escorted into the building by festival director
Thierry Fremaux without further incident.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Alison Williams)
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