Polanski remains wanted in the United States for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
This year’s Cesar awards – France’s equivalent of the Oscars – had been embroiled in controversy after Polanski’s film “An Officer and a Spy” received 12 nominations.Earlier this month, the entire board of the Cesar Awards were forced to resign amid the furore that followed Polanski’s nominations.
Actress Adèle Haenel, who has said she was sexually abused as a child by another director, was one of the women who walked out of the ceremony after Polanski’s win was announced.Actress and comedian Florence Foresti, who was presenting at the ceremony, did not return to the stage after Polanski’s award was announced. She later updated her Instagram story to a black screen with the word “disgusted”.
Hours before the ceremony began, France’s Culture Minister Franck Riester said it would be “symbolically bad” if Polanski were to win the prize for best director, “given the stance we must take against sexual and sexist violence”.
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