"Can you hold up the movie in customs?" the director asked at Cannes Film Festival, wondering about how the president's would impose his supposed 100 percent tariffs on movies made outside of the U.S.

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.

CANNES, France — Houston native and acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson offered a puzzled but candid response this week to former President Donald Trump’s proposed 100% tariff on foreign-made films, a policy that could send shockwaves through the global entertainment industry.