"Rapist and pedophile": Polanski's "officer and spy" advertising signs were vandalized in Tel Aviv

Protest against the distribution of Polanski's "officer and spy" film in the country: Advertising signs were vandalized by changing his name to "rapist and pedophile". The perpetrator: "Enlightened people may not be okay with a director who is a fugitive sex criminal." In addition, resonance on Twitter followed a student tweet against the screening of his movie "The Pianist" at her school

"Rapist and pedophile": Polanski's "officer and spy" advertising signs were vandalized in Tel Aviv

Roman Polanski's "officer and spy" came up last weekend in Israel. Despite the fact that the director had previously been convicted of a sex offense, and evidence of other alleged sexual assaults was made against him, the film here enjoys widespread distribution, acclaimed reviews and box office success. In contrast, yesterday his advertising signs were vandalized on the streets of Tel Aviv, where the film was covered with pages that read "rapist and pedophile".

About the act was first posted on the Facebook page of "Politically Calling", to which one of the activists behind the act said: "We just don't seem to have enough awareness - there really can't be enlightened people in this country, at this time, okay with a director who is a fugitive, isn't it? We tried to reach the consciousness of those who care. "

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One of the advertising signs for Roman Polanski's "Officer and Spy" movie in Tel Aviv covered with pages that changed his name with the words "rapist and pedophile", in protest of uploading a movie of convicted sex offender and fugitive offender (user photo)

An advertising sign for the novel "Officer and Spy" by Roman Polanski in Tel Aviv, covered with pages that changed his name with the words "rapist and pedophile", in protest of uploading a movie of a convicted sex offender and a fugitive offender (Photo: surfer photos)

In this way, a young woman named Rotem presented herself Thursday (Thursday) as "a student who would not sit down today in history class," in which she wrote in reference to the award-winning "Pianist" Oscar-winning film: "In honor of the Ministry of Education, there are enough Holocaust films for the history curriculum You will not include a sex offender movie. " In another tweet, she argued that "it is impossible to separate the creator from the content. The Ministry of Education is legitimizing a person who is a convicted sex offender." The post received over two hundred likes.

Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter Roman Polanski has been wanted in the United States since the late 1970s, after being convicted of a misdemeanor offense on behalf of Samantha Gamer - in a plea deal, after the original indictments were much more serious and included rape. Before sentencing, he is the port of the United States to the United Kingdom and from there to France and since then has not traveled on American soil, not even to collect his Oscar figurine. Over the years, additional evidence has accumulated against him - for example, of an American who identified himself as Robin, who claimed that Polanski sexually assaulted her when she was 16. "The reason I didn't do anything about it in real time was because I was afraid my dad would do something to make him go to jail," she said at the time . Another testimony was from British Charlotte Lewis, who about seven years ago said that Polanski sexually assaulted her in Paris in 1983, when she was 16 years old.

French actress: "Roman Polanski raped me violently when I was 18"

"Creator cannot be separated from content." Roman Polanski (Photo: Image Bank GettyImages)

Roman Polanski (Photo: GettyImages)

Last month, ahead of the film's upload in France, additional hard evidence was added about the director. In the French daily "Le Parisian" it was reported that French actress Valentin Monyeh claims that the director raped her in 1975, when she was only 18 years old. The two met after the actress arrived with mutual friends for a winter vacation at his castle in Switzerland. One evening, she claimed, the director stormed her and raped her. "He was 42, I was only 18. I weighed only fifty pounds, and he is small, but muscular. I resisted, but he brutally hit me and violently overpowered me in two minutes." According to her, Polanski apologized soon after and she did not file a complaint with police for fear of paying a price for it. In response to the allegations, Polanski's lawyer stated that the director "denies any charges of rape. The alleged incidents occurred 45 years ago, and throughout all these years, the legal authorities or Mr. Polansky's knowledge has never been brought to the attention."

"Rape is a time bomb. Past years don't require forgetting. Memory never fails. It haunts you like a ghost, to the point where you are ready to face the trauma if Polanski is allowed to hide behind a historical event and cry 'I blame' why his victim is not allowed Will the actor blame him? ", The actress said in her testimony, to precede a cure for Mecca and answer in advance to those who would ask" Why are you telling just now? "

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Protest over another advertising sign for Roman Polanski's "Officer and Spy" movie in Tel Aviv (user photo)

An advertising sign for the novel "Officer and Spy" by Roman Polanski in Tel Aviv, covered with pages that changed his name with the words "rapist and pedophile", in protest of uploading a movie of a convicted sex offender and a fugitive offender (Photo: surfer photos)