The Minister of Culture Franck Riester regretted Saturday February 29 the award of a César for best director to Roman Polanski because of controversies related to the filmmaker.
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The accusations of rape against Roman Polanski and the place of women in French cinema permeated Friday night the 45th ceremony of the Cesars.
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Before the ceremony, boycotted by the director and his team, the police repulsed demonstrators who came to protest near the Salle Pleyel, place of the evening, carrying signs denouncing the “ Caesar of shame ” or chanting the slogan “ Rapist on you see, victim, we believe you ”.
The film J'accuse by the French-Polish director finally obtained three statuettes, including that of the best production, the César of the best film going to Les Misérables by Ladj Ly.
" With this César award, the difficulty is that we are not just celebrating the work, we are also celebrating the man, " Franck Riester reacted on Saturday to Europe 1's microphone. , it is very difficult, very complicated because there is a doubt, many women said that they had been attacked by him. " Celebrating the man is a signal that is sent negatively at a time when the overwhelming cap on these sexual and sexist assaults is exploding in our country. "
The Minister of Culture also promised to " support the profession so that there is a transformation of the governance of the Academy of Caesar and also a transformation of the electoral college for more parity and diversity ".
