"Disgusted", "frightened" but also deserved, the victory of Roman Polanski divides

The attribution of the César to Roman Polanski is far from being unanimous among internet users and cinema-goers. And the strongest image of this 45th ceremony will remain that of Adèle Haenel, accompanied by Noémie Merlant and Céline Sciamma, leaving the Salle Pleyel with disgust after the announcement of Roman Polanski's victory. " It's a shame " she will not hesitate to say loudly to the other spectators who remained silent.

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● Adèle Haenel: " Long live pedophilia, well done pedophilia "

"Long live pedophilia, Bravo pedophilia" ... Adèle Haenel let her anger burst by leaving the César ceremony this evening in Salle Pleyel, furious at the award of two César awards to Roman Polanski for his film "J'accuse". Images: @SmithReporter
—- # césar2020 @adelehaenel pic.twitter.com/qfsRa37P1Y

Expected at the turn, the petulant Florence Foresti, mistress of ceremonies hitherto perfect, will never return on stage. She only posted a single word on Instagram, revealing her anger: " Disgusted ".

● The message of Florence Foresti

Disappeared from # Cesar2020 after the trophy for best director for Roman Polanski, Florence Foresti has just published a "SICK" on Instagram. pic.twitter.com/fNQKndnCuM

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In total, more than a dozen people will leave the ceremony prematurely. Aïssa Maïga, awarding the César award for best female hope and speaker of a speech committed to the presence of minorities in French cinema, did not hide her disappointment. " Nailed in place, scared, disgusted on a truly personal level, " she said when the award was announced. The president of the 50/50 and Noire collectives will even declare wanting to " join the demonstrators " to fight against the symbol conveyed by this award ... " uneasy " for Swann Arlaud. The winner of the best actor in a supporting role, in front of the press, will be in total adequacy with Adèle Haenel: " she was right ". His speech of thanks, denouncer of pedophilia in religious circles, finds an echo in this Polanski affair: " the double speech seems quite obvious ".

● Aïssa Maïga's tweet

# Cesar2020 #Polanski: @ AissaMaiga's reaction to @Mediapart:
"I was nailed on the spot, frightened, disgusted on a truly personal basis, in my guts. I thought of all these women who see this acclaimed man, and all the other victims of sexual violence"

Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State for Equality between Women and Men, had tweeted well before the announcement of Roman Polanski's victory, emergency contact numbers to help the victims of sexual violence. His intuition did not deceive him. As for the Minister of Culture Franck Riester, present at the ceremony, he expressed his embarrassment, at the microphone of Europe 1, just after the ceremony: " we don't just celebrate the work, we also celebrate the man ".

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Beauty of freedom of expression, to use an expression of Fanny Ardant, not everyone in the cinema overwhelmed Polanski, and in particular the J'Accuse team. On Instagram, Jean Dujardin defended his cause and also the film. He first wrote two messages, before quickly deleting them: " I would simply like to remind you that J'Accuse is the title of a fairly famous article by Émile Zola " then " In making this film I believed and I still believe it, to have done more good than evil ”.

Many artists and actors will immediately salute the courage of their colleague, such as Richard Berry, Michael Youn or Gad Elmaleh. A “complicity” badly received by social networks.

● Jean Dujardin's deleted messages and the few hostile reactions

We talk a lot about Jean Dujardin's posts and what about the others? Those who support? Who find it great? Who thank Jean? So much complicity .... #Cesar pic.twitter.com/rQ8ymp2cgt

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Another much less surprising support is Fanny Ardant, César winner for best supporting actress. " I like him very much " Roman, " I don't like the condemnation " ... she will say, speaking of Polanski. The actress is not afraid of critics and intends to defend " this man alone against all ". Finally, Mathilde Seigner, Emmanuelle's sister who plays in her husband's film, will have this final sentence: " When the suffrage of the vote wins over the vox populi ... ". Atmosphere.