Polanski's Cesar Appointments: "After #MeToo, French Cinema Has Not Changed"

The association has already called on Twitter for a rally in front of the Salle Pleyel on February 28, the evening of the César ceremony, to protest against the appointments of "J'accuse" by Roman Polanski. Spokesperson for Dare feminism, Céline Piques explains why the 12 appointments announced this Wednesday morning outraged her.

"I am flabbergasted. We expected that J'accuse harvest some nominations, including technical, but there, the film takes the lead of the nominations, and Roman Polanski is named by the César for best film and best director! Two and a half months after the speeches of Adèle Haenel and Valentine Monnier, two years after the #MeToo movement, while the Weinstein trial was taking place in the United States, French cinema is in the process of acclaiming Polanski! It's a bit crazy: we take one step forward, and then three back…

The testimonies of Adèle Haenel and Valentine Monnier showed that one could not separate the man from the artist when the latter used his notoriety to commit sexual assaults, guarantee his impunity or present himself as a victim… Like Polanski did it in a Paris Match front page or in the press kit of J'accuse (Editor's note: where he compared the relentlessness of which Dreyfus was a victim to that of which he himself would have been a victim at the hands of the American justice system) . Adèle Haenel spoke of the power that allows one to be heard or considered as a victim ... What these appointments show is the power of Polanski.

Alain Terzian, the president of the Academy, says that the Césars are not an authority that must have moral positions ... But we are not talking about morals, we are talking about justice! Rape is a crime and Roman Polanski has escaped American justice. These appointments are unbearable, especially since Valentine Monnier explained precisely that if she spoke, it was because she was intolerable to see Polanski celebrated at festivals and ceremonies. Today I have a thought for it.

French cinema has understood nothing of the testimonies of Adèle Haenel and Valentine Monnier. He hasn't changed since #MeToo, or for ten years, when he supported Roman Polanski, who was under house arrest in Gstaad because Switzerland was considering extraditing him. Through these appointments, the cinema community supports Polanski and affirms that it finds the indignation of displaced feminists. I hope that the Cesars will be the occasion for the artists to be indignant at the red carpet held at Polanski. "

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VIDEO. Valentine Monnier, the Frenchwoman who accuses Roman Polanski of rape