Racy ads for French movie, featuring star of ‘The Artist,’ have been pulled
February 3, 2012 10:56AM
The movie poster for "Les Infideles" features Jean Dujardin and is framed by a woman's bare legs. Posters are being taken down following a recommendation from France's self-regulating advertising body. The ads have been the talk of the French press since they appeared, with some newspapers suggesting that they could cost Jean Dujardin, who has been nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the silent hit film "The Artist," his Oscar. | AP Photo/MarsFilm.com
Updated: February 3, 2012 10:57AM
PARIS — What does it take to shock in the land of the Gallic shrug? The new movie Les Infideles may have the answer: ads that suggest adulterous oral sex.
The posters went up just Tuesday but are coming down Friday following a recommendation from France’s self-regulating advertising body, which received complaints.
One of the offending posters for the comedy of sketches about infidelity shows a man framed by a woman’s bare legs. The other shows the back of a woman’s head in front of a man’s waist with her hands reaching up to his chest.
The posters have drawn particular notice because the man in question is Jean Dujardin, an Academy Award-nominee for “The Artist.” French newspapers even mused Friday that the stunt could cost him the Oscar.
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