"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.

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.