Asia Argento walked red carpet at Cannes on same day documentary about boyfriend Anthony Bourdain's suicide was released: Program claims the chef was 'addicted' to her

Asia Argento stepped out at the Cannes Film Festival the same day that a new in-depth documentary about her late boyfriend Anthony Bourdain's life and tragic suicide was released. 

The documentary - Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain - describes Argento as a presence that 'upended' the final season of Bourdain's Parts Unknown after the chef became 'addicted' to her. 

It was released on Friday - the same day that Argento was photographed on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in an elegant, all-black Givenchy gown. She was there to support her 80-year-old father Dario Argento who stars in Gaspar Noe's new film, Vortex.   

The Italian actress has yet to comment on the documentary publicly, and despite the film featuring dozens of interviews with Bourdain's close friends about his life and 2018 suicide, Argento was not interviewed for it. 

Asia Argento stepped out at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday in an elegant, all-black Givenchy gown 

Argento, who was dating Bourdain at the time of his death, was not interviewed for a new documentary about Bourdain's life and 2018 death. She posted this photo for Bourdain's birthday last month 

Argento was at the festival to support her 80-year-old father Dario Argento, who stars in Gaspar Noe's new film Vortex

The Italian actress stepped out the same day that Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain was released. She has yet to comment on it publicly 

Argento can be seen in photos from the red carpet smiling and hugging her father in the form-fitting gown as she showed off her tattoos down her arms and on her chest.  

The documentary - Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain - was released on Friday

She took to Instagram over the weekend to praise her actor and filmmaker father, writing, 'My dad is a great man... I was so proud to be there with my dad and Gaspar, so much that when the audience finally clapped in standing ovation for a time that seemed endless I couldn't hold back the tears.'  

No mention was made of the documentary that delves into Bourdain's 2018 suicide at a hotel in France at the age of 61. 

But last month, Argento paid tribute to the late chef for his birthday, posting a series of photos of the pair and a touching caption. 

'Celebrating the most extraordinary man I have ever met. Missing you every day,' Argento wrote. 'Cherishing each moment we shared in our life together. I feel your presence and your strength. You shine so bright within me. I love you my A. Happy birthday.'      

It's unclear the status of Argento's love life today, but she had been dating paparazzo Fabrizio Corona after Bourdain's death. Earlier this year she posted a selfie showing him kissing her cheek, with the caption, 'We can't explain it to you.'

And in January she posted another photo showing her kissing the same heavily-tattood man. 

Argento and Bourdain's relationship is the focus of the last part of the documentary as it paints the picture that the celebrity chef had become 'addicted' to the Italian actress.  

It also addresses how paparazzi photos emerged just five days before Bourdain's death of Argento embracing a male friend and holding hands in Rome.

The documentary does not blame Argento for Bourdain's suicide but some reviewers have suggested the film comes 'dangerously close to exploiting the scenario'.    

It's unclear the status of Argento's love life today, but she had been dating paparazzo Fabrizio Corona after Bourdain's death. Earlier this year she posted a selfie showing him kissing her cheek, with the caption, 'We can't explain it to you.' And in January she posted another photo showing her kissing the same heavily-tattood man

The documentary suggests that Argento 'upended' the final season of Parts Unknown after Bourdain brought her in to direct an episode in Hong Kong. Argento, Bourdain and cinematographer Christopher Boyle are pictured in Hong Kong Together

The documentary does not blame Argento for Bourdain's suicide but some reviewers have suggested it comes 'close to exploiting the scenario'

Morgan Neville, the director of the film, told the Wall Street Journal that Bourdain and Argento's relationship was like 'quicksand' so he only wanted to touch on it briefly. 

'You can make a whole film just about that and that was not the film I wanted to make. It gets really complicated and in a way that to me is not ultimately enlightening,' he said. 

'What I included was a fraction of what was there. So if people think there's a lot, let me tell you, there is very little compared to what's there. I feel like I showed tremendous restraint, even though people may not know that. And I think I was very fair with having seen all the facts. I'm very comfortable with what I did.'

Neville said the film was heavily vetted by his lawyers, including in Italy, and also CNN's legal team given CNN Films is an executive producer, in case Argento - or someone else - objected to how they had been portrayed. 

'I went out of my way to make sure I put the quote in from (TV director) Michael Steed saying, 'Tony killed Tony, you know, 60-year-old men don't normally kill themselves because they broke up with somebody'.

'I'm not saying she caused his suicide. Suicide is a private and I think selfish act. 

'I was merely trying to paint a picture, I think accurately, of the different factors in his life that were going on, and there were many of them. The impression of him really over the last year was him just being much more manic and much more depressive.' 

Those in the film describe how Bourdain started to fall in love with Argento after they met while shooting an episode of Parts Unknown with her in Rome in late 2016.

Argento and Bourdain's relationship is the focus of the last part of the documentary as it paints the picture that he had become 'addicted' to her 

The film features a scene of the pair in Rome filming the series.

Eventually, Bourdain made the decision to stop filming Parts Unknown and bring the popular series to and end.

Bourdain and the crew were heading to Hong Kong to shoot when the director got sick and the celebrity chef brought in Argento to direct the episode.

The documentary details how the crew believe she 'upended' the entire process.

Bourdain fired his longtime ad award-winning cinematographer Zach Zamboni after he clashed with Argento.

'When Tony fired Zach, it was a huge red flag,' producer Helen Cho says in the film. 'Because if he's going to do that to someone like him, anyone in the inner circle is essentially disposable.'

That episode, as well as two others featuring the Italian actress, was eventually pulled by CNN after Argento was publicly accused of sexually assaulting a boy when he was 17.

The documentary details how crew members that were with Bourdain in France before he took his life said that the chef was angry when the tabloid photos emerged of Argento holding hands with a man in Rome.