On Sunday, cinema owners changed the schedule by removing Greta Gerwig's film, without giving reasons. The distributor then announced the cancellation of the feature film, released on July 19th in Algeria, without further details.
According to the online news site 24H Algeria, Who cites “well-informed sources”, the work was canceled from all cinemas in the country due to “an attack on morals”. »Algeria ended up being conquered by the controversy surrounding Barbie because of scenes aimed at an adult audience” and allusions to homosexuality, the news site explained TSAalso guaranteeing that the film was “discreetly removed from cinemas”.
Silence from the authorities
Almost 48 hours after its descheduling, the Algerian Ministry of Culture, which usually announces film bans in specifying the reasons, is always silent.
Last Thursday, Kuwait banned it for “undermining public morals”. The day before, the Lebanese Ministry of Culture indicated that it had requested his concession, considering that he was a “promoter of homosexuality”, in a context of growing anti-LGBT+ rhetoric in this country. Barbie it is not yet broadcast in Qatar, which, however, has not made any official announcement on the matter.
Almost a month after its release, the feature film still leads the North American box office. Exceeded one billion dollars in box office global.
(With AFP)
