Attendees walk out after Roman Polanski wins Best Director at Cesar Awards.
the previous year to a charge of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. He fled the United States on the eve of his sentencing and has been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system for over three decades. Polanski has denied all new allegations made against him in the years since, many of which are decades old., in which a French officer was unjustly convicted of treason. The film led the Cesar Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars, with 12 nominations.
Outside of the board, feminist groups including the Feminist Collective Against Rape, the International Association of Victims of Incest, and Tolerance Zero also wrote open letters in the French paper, titled "If Rape Is an Art, Give Polanski All the Césars," protesting the 12 nominations. "12 César nominations for Roman Polanski’s.
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