Jean Dujardin's 'Les Infideles' Posters Campaign Draw Criticism In France (PHOTOS)

A sudden breakout star in America for a classic homage to old Hollywood, Jean Dujardin is under fire in his home country for a movie campaign that is anything but traditional.

"The Artist" star appears in a series of posters for French film "Les Infideles," which is made up of shorts about male infidelity. A number of the posters, which appear as billboards and in magazines, are sexually suggestive, including one in which Dujardin is holding up the legs of a woman, and another where it appears co-star Gilles Lellouche is receiving oral sex. There are also posters that show Dujardin and Lellouche bare-chested, watching scantily clad women pass by.

Already, complaints have rolled in, and The Hollywood Reporter relays that the magazine Studio Cine Live has announced that the ads will be pulled. French news site The Local reports that Stéphane Martin, of the country's professional ad regulation board, said in a statement that, "There is no pre-control for posters. However we have advised JC Decaux, who manages the poster sites, to take these down."

"Les Infideles" hits theaters on February 29th, just days after Dujardin goes up for his first Academy Award. "The Artist" is favored to win Best Picture, while Dujardin, who has won both a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors' Guild Award for his role as an iconic silent film star who gets left behind with the advent of talkies, is a favorite to win Best Actor.

For more on the posters, click over to The Hollywood Reporter and The Local.

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Comments

[sabelmouse]

08:54 AM on 02/23/2012

but the '' girl with the dragon tattoo '' poster was fine !

[Musicaller]

01:53 PM on 02/05/2012

Jean Dujardin said in an interwiew, that the film was about two flamboyant idiots. It is a comedy !

[sabelmouse]

08:55 AM on 02/23/2012

i'm certainly looking forward to it. i love french comedies. and i'm in love with jean, but never mind that.

[Songsgenx]

11:57 AM on 02/03/2012

love them awsumee

http://www.songsgenx.com/

[nickelpickle]

07:43 AM on 02/03/2012

if only i was the woman in those photos

[Songsgenx]

11:57 AM on 02/03/2012

http://www.songsgenx.com/

[bocoe]

01:37 AM on 02/03/2012

Love them.

[belldn3]

08:35 PM on 02/02/2012

The posters look appropriate, what's the big deal?

[Here Nancy]

08:53 PM on 02/02/2012

The big deal?
pictures show it in the streets on billboards.
in the street there are adults AND childrens ...
why americans dont see the problem???
maybe france is more conservative than usa.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

[360Dunk]

09:36 PM on 02/02/2012

Here Nancy....Sit! Stay! Heel!

[bikefolder32]

12:12 AM on 02/03/2012

Even the French have limits on how far this kind of advertising should go when it's on display for all ages.

[Patrick Rodgers]

07:24 PM on 02/02/2012

Well, I could see where the photos might be offensive to Muslims which are well on their way to taking control of France. Seeing a woman's legs devoid of hair must be pretty shocking to them. Those French Infidels should be ashamed of themselves?

[rightfromwrong]

07:32 PM on 02/02/2012

get a life. does islam consume every thought you have?

[nyan]

07:49 PM on 02/02/2012

He made one comment and you quickly assume his thoughts revolve around hating Muslims? Yeah, nice logic there pal.

[Here Nancy]

07:34 PM on 02/02/2012

what are you talking about????
i am french. i have see this pictures on the street.
and i have also see childrens of 3/4 yeas old see this pictures.
you think that's normal to display pictures with sexual content to children?

[retiree88]

08:10 PM on 02/02/2012

The two pictures shown on this article have only sexual content in the eyes and mind of an adult onlooker. And some adults, depending on their upbringing, might even be naive enough not to see the connection. I don't think children 3 or 4 years old have any understanding of the sexual connotation suggested by the pictures. That is just my opinion.

[beachluuvr]

07:23 PM on 02/02/2012

These posters were designed to garner publicity. Now that they've served their purpose they are being pulled from the ad campaign. Move along, there's nothing to see here...

[Mark Helfgott]

07:12 PM on 02/02/2012

They're upset about this stuff in FRANCE!!! This kind of stuff was invented in France.

[lite9389]

07:18 PM on 02/02/2012

LOL!!! GOOD COMMENT!!!

[healthanalyst]

07:39 PM on 02/02/2012

Great looking women...

[fundhorzurodenon]

07:09 PM on 02/02/2012

yep ..not seeing an issue ..no nudity,violence,or bad language...if anything the ads are just a little cheeky,,,big deal

[Irenestt]

07:00 PM on 02/02/2012

Feel soo bad for the world today..no morals only this disgusting sex come ons..Is this what it takes to produce a film??to get money and become famous? Feel soo sorry for the future generation..will be sheer agny for they and the world.all because of such I call the greedy.

[teddyray1]

07:05 PM on 02/02/2012

"Disgusting sex?" Oh, you sound FUN.

[Irenestt]

07:21 PM on 02/02/2012

Do you need all this for fun??and yes I do own 2 cats..

[Excalibur2011]

07:42 PM on 02/02/2012

Right....kids should be raised watching murder and violence and not subjected to sex and love.

[Here Nancy]

06:57 PM on 02/02/2012

i am french. the problem with the posters is not only for the woman.
but for childrens!!!!
that posters are displayed around the streets in France.
in front of children. it's sickening.

[Abel Ferrell]

07:11 PM on 02/02/2012

Not sickening. Honest. That's life. If you're child is so curious, then teach them. That's what you're supposed to do as a parent. Arm them with the proper knowledge, so they can go into the world, prepared. There is nothing bad about sexuality.

[Here Nancy]

07:30 PM on 02/02/2012

i know thers is nothing bad about sexuality but....:
explain "oral sex" to a child of 3 years old??????

[logic-a-go-go]

08:54 PM on 02/02/2012

So glad you are not my neighbor.

[Helema Alkaabi]

07:12 PM on 02/02/2012

they display worse things here in america so you would be piffed at them. one ad here has a woman in a bikini with her legs spread sitting with a thing of booze!

[jwfoust]

06:41 PM on 02/02/2012

How can this be bad? It's Gingrich approved.

[Sulk]

06:41 PM on 02/02/2012

Ah, the French. My wife once got her tongue caught in the toaster trying to make French Toast.

[Jo Haney]

06:36 PM on 02/02/2012

Over 80% of the Country is Catholic, that's a lot of church!

[Helema Alkaabi]

07:14 PM on 02/02/2012

if they are catholic id rathe rlive where they are than here.....here they allow scantily clad women to be shown for all to see and objectify!

[Abel Ferrell]

07:24 PM on 02/02/2012

Don't forget about scantily clad men, too. It's not just one sided. And by the way, there's nothing wrong with it. If you don't like it, then perhaps Iran or Afghanistan would be more to your liking. I hear over there, the women show nothing.

[nyan]

07:55 PM on 02/02/2012

Can't tell if trolling or just stupid.

[bikefolder32]

12:20 AM on 02/03/2012

Less than 20% of them are practicing/church-going. There's a huge difference.