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French director angry with Weinstein over Grace Kelly biopic

French director Olivier Dahan is feuding with Harvey Weinstein over his Grace Kelly biopic starring Nicole Kidman. The Weinstein Co. bought US rights to Dahan’s “Grace of Monaco,” and Dahan claims Weinstein cut his artistic scenes.

“There are two versions of the film at present, mine and his, which I find catastrophic,” Dahan told newspaper Liberation.

He said Weinstein wanted a “commercial film . . . removing anything that is too abrupt, removing everything that has to do with cinema, everything that has to do with life.”

He added: “Decisions are only taken with regards to the marketing. It is a problem of misplaced egos, a story of manipulation and power.”

Weinstein is postponing the release until next year.

Dahan said the delay was “only a question of money.”

He added, “They made a trailer that did not correspond to the film, and then tried to make the film resemble the trailer. It’s absurd.”

Weinstein did not comment, but a movie source noted, “This happens all the time. They test movies for the market and edit parts that don’t work.”