Protests for Polanski's nominations for Cesar, clashes in Paris

Clashes in Paris between protesters and police in front of the Salle Pleyel, where the evening for the proclamation of the winners of the Cesar, the French film Oscars is scheduled, this year dominated by the controversy over the nominations to Roman Polanski, accused of sexual violence.
Groups of demonstrators with burning smoke bombs attempted to approach the hall entrances, protected by agents and metal barriers, shouting slogans against Polanski, who will be absent like all the production of the film "J'accuse" and the performers. The demonstrators, a few hundred, mostly women, were rejected by the police.
"J'accuse" has collected the most Cesar nominations, 12.