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CANNES, France — Woody Allen says he doesn’t read anything written about him, even if it’s by his own son.

Allen said Thursday that he will not read his son Ronan Farrow’s essay that resurrects Dylan Farrow’s allegations that Allen molested her.

The Hollywood Reporter published Ronan Farrow’s piece Wednesday just as Allen was premiering his new movie, “Cafe Society,” at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

But the 80-year-old filmmaker told Vanity Fair that he has long refused to read press about himself or his films and included his son’s essay among such content. Allen also declined to address Farrow’s charges, saying he has “said everything I have to say about it.”

Ronan Farrow questioned Cannes’ continued embrace of Allen and chastised the press, who he said don’t ask “the tough questions.”

“That kind of silence isn’t just wrong. It’s dangerous,” wrote Farrow. “It sends a message to victims that it’s not worth the anguish of coming forward. It sends a message about who we are as a society, what we’ll overlook, who we’ll ignore, who matters and who doesn’t.”

Dylan Farrow wrote a piece in the New York Times in February 2014 that said she was sexually assaulted by Allen when she was 7 years old. Ronan Farrow said back then, he was horrified at the thought of his sister going public. At the time, he was careful to not speak in detail about his family, aside from a few tweets.

Authorities were unable to prove the allegations.

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