The premiere of the new film by Woody Allen in Venice began with a scandal (7 photos + 1 video)

Protesters chanting "no rape culture" staged a scuffle with the security of the Venice Film Festival before the premiere Woody Allen's 50th film. The 87-year-old director stepped onto the red carpet with wife Sun-Yi Previn and adopted children.





The famous director fell into disgrace after the emergence of the movement #Me Too. Mia Farrow accused her ex-husband of being in the 1990s molested adopted daughters Sun-Yi and Dylan.



Woody Allen's 50th film, The Great Irony, premiered at as part of the out-of-competition program of the 80th Venice Film Festival. The audience booed the director, and the protesters tried to break through red carpet.







Despite what happened, journalists at a press conference applauded Allen.

The festival has been criticized for including Allen and Roman Polanski, who is also accused of child molestation.



In an interview, Woody Allen said: "I lived a very happy life. All these years luck has been on my side. I had lovers parents, I have good friends, I have a wonderful wife and two children. In a few months I will be 88 years old. I never lay in hospital. Nothing terrible has ever happened to me."



Despite their 35-year age difference, Sun-yi and Woody got married in 1997. They adopted two girls, naming them Bechet and Manzy.



Woody Allen, Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn

The four-time Oscar winner, director of Annie Hall and other comedies, has had a turbulent personal life.

Allen met Mia Farrow in 1979, and in 1980 they started a relationship. Farrow appeared in 13 films between 1982 and 1992. beloved. They always lived in separate apartments on different sides Central Park New York. They have a common son, Ronan, and also two adopted children - Dylan and Moses Farrow.

At the time of their acquaintance, the actress had seven children: three biological sons from a previous marriage, as well as four adopted children, including Sun-Yi Previn.

In the 1990s, a scandal erupted: Farrow found out about Allen's affair with 22 year old stepdaughter. In 2014, adopted daughter Dylan also announced sexual harassment in childhood by the father. director of all called the accusations false.