In a press release, producer Alain Goldman announces that, like Polanski, he will not be there this Friday evening at the Salle Pleyel for the 45th César ceremony.
He believes that the film and its team are victims of an “escalation of inappropriate and violent language and behavior”. He refers in particular to the words of Franck Riester, Minister of Culture who announced this morning on France Info that if Roman Polanski got the prize for the best director "it would be a bad symbol compared to the necessary awareness that we must all have in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. "
"Opinion Court"
According to Alain Goldman, "the minister authorized himself a declaration condemning in advance and without knowing it the result of a professional, independent and secret vote", to which he adds: "We can only accept the democratic vote of 4.313 members of the Academy be challenged by an opinion court ”.
What the producer regrets above all is that a French film, in 120 years, has never looked into the Dreyfus affair. "J'accuse" did so, paying homage "to a forgotten hero, Colonel Picquart, thanks to whom the innocence of Dreyfus was able to be revealed". "We are proud to have done so," he wrote.
The entire film crew absent?
After the announced absence of its director, and that which is added to its producer, the film with 12 nominations may not see many people representing it at the Césars this Friday evening. Especially since the press release suggests that the entire technical and artistic team of the film could be absent. "So we decided not to be present at the César 2020 ceremony," said Alain Goldman.
However on France Info this Friday morning, the Minister of Culture had concluded by recalling that he made the difference between a man and his work and that he would not be "absolutely not shocked" if the film by Roman Polanski won the Cesar best film.
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