Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France’s equivalent of the Oscars – where his latest movie leads this year’s nominations – because of protests prompted by a new rape accusation against him.
Associated Press: Top nominee Polanski to skip French Oscars after rape claim
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 07, 2019 French-Polish director and former president of the Jury, Roman Polanski, arrives on the red carpet of the 45th Deauville US Film Festival, on September 7, 2019 in Deauville, northern France. - Polanski will not attend the upcoming French Cesars ceremony, he told AFP on February 27, 2020. His new film "An Officer and a Spy" topped the list of nominations. The controversial director has been wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl since 1978 and is persona non grata in Hollywood. His period drama about the Dreyfus affair, which rocked France at the turn of the 20th century, is in line for 12 prizes. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)
