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Feb292020 by adminNo Comments

Actresses walk out of ceremony as Polanski wins three awards

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Several actresses have walked out of the Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris after Roman Polanski, who is facing a historical sex assault claim against him, won best director.Polanski, 86, whose film An Officer And A Spy also picked up two other awards, was not at the event on Friday evening, saying earlier that he feared for his and his family's safety. In a statement this week, the French-Polish director said the ceremony was turning into a "public lynching".Among the actresses who left the venue in protest was Adele Haenel, who last year revealed she had been sexually abused as a child by another director. Image: Adele Haenel was among the actresses who left the event The Portrait of A Lady On Fire star told the New York Times before th...

Feb292020 by adminNo Comments

Roman Polanski: Actress walkout as he wins best director at ‘French Oscars’

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Several actresses have walked out of the César awards ceremony in Paris after Roman Polanski, who was convicted of the statutory rape of a 13 year old in 1977, won best director.The awards - France's equivalent of the Oscars - have been mired in controversy after Polanski's An Officer and a Spy received 12 nominations.The Polish-French director fled the US after his rape conviction in the 1970s. He has since faced other accusations of sexual assault. The slow-burning Polanski saga Actress's MeToo moment shocks French cinema An Officer and a Spy, or J'accuse in French, is about the Dreyfus affair in 19th Century France and won a total of three awards on Friday night. Polanski and members of his crew did not attend the event, with ...

Aug302019 by adminNo Comments

Roman Polanski film premieres at Venice amid controversy

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Roman Polanski's new film has had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, despite controversy over its inclusion.Argentine director Lucrezia Martel, who is chairing the festival's jury, said she did not want to "congratulate" the director and that his participation in the festival made her "uncomfortable". Polanski, who is wanted in the US after admitting to sex with a minor in 1977, did not attend the screening.J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy) stars Oscar-winning actor Jean Dujardin. Martel later stressed she had no "prejudice" against Polanski's film, and would see it after the gala premiere.The film is a historical thriller telling the true story of French Jewish arm...

May32018 by adminNo Comments

Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski expelled from Oscars academy

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Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski have been expelled from the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The academy - which runs the Oscars - said this was done in accordance with its standards of conduct.TV star Cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month. Oscar-winning director Polanski admitted statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.Producer Harvey Weinstein was kicked out last year, following numerous allegations of sexual assault. Less than a year after the downfall of the producer the #MeToo movement is catching up with other men who abused their power, the BBC's James Cook in Los Angeles reports.Neither Cosby nor Polanski have publicly reacted to the academy's decision.Cosby's wife, Camille, described his conviction as "mob justice, not real justice"."This tragedy must b...