Cannes: Kechiche defends new film in stormy press conference French director Abdellatif Kechiche -- who is being investigated by police for an alleged sexual assault on an actress -- defends "Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo", which was savaged by the critics, during a fiery press conference. The director ran out of his own gala red-carpet premiere after his young leading actress, Ophelie Bau, left before the end. She did not attend the press conference. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES