Convicted rapist Roman Polanski wins a César, France's equivalent of the Oscar, for directing 'An Officer and a Spy,' sparking immediate backlash.
Director Roman Polanski, again accused of rape, will not attend the Césars ceremony in Paris even though his latest film is up for several prizes.
Polanski, who did not attend the Cesar ceremony, was convicted of unlawful sexual intercourse with a a 13-year-old girl in the U.S. in 1977. After serving less than half of a 90-day jail stay for psychiatric evaluation, the director of “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby” was released. When a judge ordered him to complete the stay before being deported, Polanski fled the country.
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