Criticism over Polish director's role in 'French Oscars'
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
22.01.2017 14:57
Award-winning Polish-French director Roman Polanski's nomination to preside over the César film awards in France has been met with criticism.
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French Minister for Women's Rights Laurence Rossignol has expressed disgust with the selection of Polanski, who fled the US in February 1978, shortly before being sentenced for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. He settled in Paris, where he has been chiefly based ever since.
Feminist groups have collected some 42,000 signatures on a petition to replace Polanski and have called for the César awards, which are known as the "French Oscars”, to be boycotted.
However, lawyer and writer Charles Consigny said that while Polanski did "something terrible”, it should be forgiven and forgotten. He added that the Polish director's victim had already forgiven the director.
Polanski has received six Oscar nominations, two BAFTAs, four Césars, a Golden Globe Award and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in France. (vb/pk)
Source: IAR, academie-cinema.org