CANNES, France — A documentary that shows a graphic photograph of a dying Princess Diana — a film that contends there was a coverup about her death — is coming to the Cannes Film Festival in a cloud of controversy.
Unlawful Killing, directed by British actor and filmmaker Keith Allen (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting) includes paparazzi photos that were banned in Britain. They show a close-up of the dying princess after her car crashed in a Paris underpass in 1997.
The film, which says the there were suspicious circumstances surrounding Diana's death, was funded by businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, father of Dodi Fayed, Diana's partner, who also died in the crash. Al-Fayad is to arrive in Cannes in time for the premiere of the movie on Friday, May 13.
In a statement, Allen said: "Screening this film in Cannes for the world's media will be both exhilarating and terrifying for me." He called the movie an inquest of the inquest into Diana's death and said it is being shown here because British lawyers demanded 87 cuts before a release in the U.K. Instead, it is being released in France and then in the U.S., with worldwide distribution possible.
A trailer for the movie on the website www.unlawfulkilling.com says Diana wrote a letter to a friend in 1993 alleging, "My husband is planning 'an accident' in my car."
The film premiere has an original score by Dave Stewart and includes contributions from Tony Curtis, Howard Stern, and Kitty Kelley. It premieres just after the wedding of Prince William, Diana's first son, and the reaction in Britain was shock, according to The Independent newspaper. It quotes Rosa Monckton, who went on holiday with Diana a few weeks before she died, as saying, "If this is true this is absolutely disgusting. The fact people are trying to make money — which is all that they are doing now — out of her death is quite frankly . . . words fail me."
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