Sabotage on the Côte d’Azur: And… cut!
[On the night of May 23 to Saturday, May 24, 2025 in Tanneron (Var) and Villeneuve-Loubet (Alpes-maritimes), the hydroelectric power station and a high-voltage pylon were visited, just hours before the closing of the Cannes Film Festival. The former was set on fire at around 2:45 a.m., plunging the eastern Var and western Alpes-Maritimes into darkness, and the latter collapsed in the morning after its legs were sawed off, depriving the town of Cannes and the surrounding area of electricity for a second time, this time in the middle of the day. This double attack, which Sans Nom published about yesterday, was claimed the next day by “two crews of anarchists” against the Festival and also against Thales Alenia Space, in a communiqué published on Indy Nantes].
Communiqué for sabotage against electrical installations on the Côte d’Azur
AND… CUT!
Two crews of anarchists here. We claim responsibility for the attack on electrical installations on the Côte d’Azur. On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony and gala evening, we sabotaged the main substation supplying the Cannes area, and sawed through the 225 kV line coming from Nice.
The aim of this action was not only to disrupt the festival, but also to cut power to Thales Alenia Space’s research centers and factories, its dozens of subcontractors, the French Tech start-ups who thought they were safe, the airport and all other industrial, military and technological establishments in the area.
An unexpected cut to a bad horror film that drags on and on. The same script is used over and over again to the point of nausea. The scenes change, as do the special effects, but the backdrop is always the same: a world that won’t stop bombing, exploiting, mining, hoarding, raping, ravaging, starving, machine-gunning, polluting and exterminating until everything is under its control.
We know we’re not on a film set, but the phrase “CUT!” seemed to sum up our desire: to switch off this deadly system.
AND… CUT! Your spectacle that serves as a showcase for a grandiose French Republic, defender of the values of Progress on the international stage, but above all the second largest arms exporter in the world. French excellence in this field arms NATO and sows death, from Yemen to Gaza, from Ukraine to the Sahel.
AND… CUT! Your obscene ceremony on a coast that’s become a refugee graveyard, and the industrial trashcan of a society that loves to bring revolt to the screen, but represses and imprisons anyone who rises up against its domination of the world.
AND… CUT! The promotion of the surrogate world you create with your TV shows and movies, which wants us to forget the real planet, rotten with factories, highways, concrete and mines.
AND… CUT! The testicles… No? (Tempting!) Well, the hands! … No more?! The tongue then!
In short, silence all those who say: “Those hysterical women are exaggerating!” To put an end to these oppressors with their thousand masks, who turn bodies into objects, and who defend the rape culture so prevalent in the film industry, from the screen to the shooting location, but just as prevalent elsewhere…
AND… CUT! The power of your military-technology industries. Thales-Alenia Aerospace, a leader in the defense sector, manufactures gun sighting and missile guidance systems, and space telecommunications. Thales-Alenia Aerospace is by far the leading satellite manufacturer in Europe, particularly for military use. Labs and workshops at the Cannes site run 24 hours a day. Several thousand engineers and technicians work daily on the refinement of these military satellites (observation, communication, missile and drone guidance) and civilian satellites (telecommunications, surveillance).
AND… CUT! Your sickening speeches that want to draw us into your war preparations. Your announcements of reindustrialization and nuclear revival. Your talks about ecological transition and the continuation of industrial society. Your rhetoric against those who fight against your cement factories, freeways, nuclear sites, chemical plants, high-speed trains and cell towers. Your calls for national unity, for the “rearmament” of the nation-state, for the defense of your values and your vision of the world.
So yes… Cut the power to what’s destroying us!
Sabotage is possible!
Cut the screens
Cut the highways
Cut the pylons
Cut artificial light
Cut high-speed train lines
Cut telecommunications
Cut bulldozer cables
Cut power to the military industry
Cut power to factories
Cut oil and gas pipelines
Cut wind turbine measuring masts
Cut army supply lines
Cut off water to industrial agriculture and electronics plants
Cut cables to solar power plants
Cut cell towers
Cut the bars of prison cells (and long live attacks on the prisons!)
Cut short reformist and authoritarian discourses
Cut short the silencing and minimization of patriarchal violence
Cut off the pedestal of celebrities and other men of power, who assault and rape behind the scenes as well as on the battlefield
Cut short those who say to wait
And… hold in there. Courage.
And since you love bringing rebellion to the screen…
And you’ve got to have a sense of humor!
Here, inspired by the latest hits in international cinema, a self-production released especially for the 2025 edition of the Cannes Film Festival!
Sabotage 2: Night in Cannes
An anonymous self-production
Production
Unknown and determined to stay that way
Screenplay
Inspired by real-life convictions
Release date
May 2025
Synopsis
Set in a world on the brink of apocalypse, the film follows the adventures of an anti-authoritarian commando group whose mission is to sabotage technological factories of great military importance. When they decide to strike during a prestigious cultural event, a race against time begins…
If you love women who short-circuit aluminum production, middle-schoolers who burn down factories, Fremen who rise up against the intergalactic empire, or commandos who take on the oil industry, you won’t be left wanting with this latest production.
The Untouchables
The special effects sometimes leave something to be desired, which is not surprising given the limited means at this production’s disposal, but the script and strategic cunning more than make up for this shortcoming.
Cannes Matin
An irresistible tale of good versus evil. A favorite in these times of confusion and disarray.
Allocinéma
It’s hard to excuse the lack of nuance, the absence of constructive dialogue and the clear democratic deficit of the radical message conveyed by the protagonists, but it’s in the air of the times.
Le Phigareau
Idealistic thriller with consequences more real than ever.
Senshypercritique
A vibrant call to rearm… radical opposition.
L’univers diplomate
To absolutely be put into practice.
Greta Thunberg
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