“ Rust ” is set to debut on Wednesday at the Camerimage Festival in Poland, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed during production in New Mexico. Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, who is suing the production and actor Alec Baldwin, will not be there. In a statement issued by her lawyer, Gloria Allred , on Tuesday, Solovey said she regards the premiere as an attempt to profit from her daughter’s death.
“It was always my hope to meet my daughter in Poland to watch her work come alive on screen,” said Solovey, who lives with her family in Ukraine. “Unfortunately, that was ripped away from me when Alec Baldwin discharged his gun and killed my daughter. Alec Baldwin continues to increase my pain with his refusal to apologize to me and his refusal to take responsibility for her death.
Instead, he seeks to unjustly profit from his killing of my daughter. That is the reason why I refuse to attend the festival for the promotion of ‘Rust,’ especially now when there is still no justice for my daughter.” “Rust” was completed about 18 months after the shooting, with additional production taking place in Montana.
The film was completed as part of a legal settlement with Hutchins’ widower, with the expectation that some of the proceeds could be used to benefit her son, who was 9 at the time of her death. Hutchins’ parents and sister filed a separate lawsuit after the settlement was announced, which is now pending in New.
