Wes Anderson skewered Donald Trump’s proposed foreign film tariff at a Cannes press conference for his new film "The Phoenician Scheme," questioning how it will work. “Can you hold up the movie in customs?

Anderson made the comments at a press conference with actors Benicio del Toro, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton, Riz Ahmed, Rupert Friend and Richard Ayoade. It followed the Sunday night premiere of “The Phoenician Scheme,” his fourth movie to premiere in competition in Cannes.

Wes Anderson, who shot his fourth Cannes premiere, The Phoenician Scheme, at Babelsburg in Germany, was called to the carpet in the press room about his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s suggest film tariffs.