DEADLINE: Because the film is playing theatrically in most international territories, you have done press in many countries like South America. What reaction have you gotten from the journalists who watched the film and interviewed you, and has it changed as the result of the Karla controversy?
AUDIARD: The reactions have changed. The reactions now are not the reactions that we were having earlier. As you’re very right to point out, I’ve been working on promoting this film for a long time, since before Cannes, and the reactions that we’re seeing now did not exist then and did not exist for a long time. I think the reactions around Mexico really changed around the Golden Globes, and now I can’t not mention important facts like the fact that we’ve had many European prizes, aside from the Golden Globes. There has been this curious change in the recognition that we’ve gotten from the profession, the public, and then the social networks.
DEADLINE: Can you be specific about how the reactions changed?
AUDIARD: Well, the reactions have changed in that initially we had a lot of favorable reactions, people who were curious to see the film, people who were very happy to have seen the film. And then at a certain point, the film started to get criticized a lot, condemned by people who may very well not have seen the film. I have to mention that I don’t see reviews very much, but I’ve heard that some reviews have things about the film that are simply not true. Generally, I’m attacked on the question of realism, but I honestly have to say I’ve never been treated this way before.