Demonstrators block delivery of film reels to Cannes

French show business workers protesting against cuts to their unemployment benefits briefly blocked a shipment of movie reels headed for the Cannes Film Festival, demonstrators said today.

Actors, technicians, musicians and others in the performing arts have been locked in a stand-off with the government and vowed to take their protest to the Riviera festival, where they will have an international audience. Cannes opens on Wednesday.