Marion Cotillard has come under attack for comments about feminism in a recent interview for the cover story of Porter.

The inimitable French actress who is revered as one of the greats in the film industry today and associated with certain liberal qualities has suprised many by somewhat disavowing herself from feminism. Cotillard is of the view that being feminist is not constructive at times and also seemed to speak particularly with regard to the film industry. As women are still fighting for equal pay in Hollywood and otherwise, suggestions like this are likely to be not taken too well.

"Filmmaking is not about gender. You cannot ask a president in a festival like Cannes to have, like, five movies directed by women and five by men," she said.

Cotillard went on to support her viewpoint by stating that she didn't consider herself to be a feminist.

"For me it doesn't create equality, it creates separation. I mean I don't qualify myself as a feminist," she said. "We need to fight for women's rights but I don't want to separate women from men. We're separated already because we're not made the same and it's the difference that creates this energy in creation and love. Sometimes in the word feminism there's too much seperation."

Publications like Salon are not pulling any punches and are calling Cotillard out for being wrong.

Interestingly, Cotillard's comments come at the heels of Geena Davis speaking out about the dismal state of affairs for women in the film industry. In an interview with The Guardian, the actress was critical of how, sadly, the status quo hadn't quite changed, but did laud the fact that actresses were speaking up more about the unfairness than they did in her time. Davis also noted that despite milestones like the iconic Thelma & Louise -- in which she co-starred with Susan Sarandon -- not much has changed for women, even though they were hopeful they would.

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