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While the release of the new film by Roman Polanski, J'accuse , is disrupted by a new charge of rape aimed at the filmmaker Franco-Polish, the former Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand says on Europe 1 at the microphone of Bernard Poirette: unlike the Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Marlene Schiappa, or the spokesperson of the government government, Sibeth Ndiaye, he will see the new film of the director of Tess and Rosemary's baby . "Because Polanski is a huge filmmaker" and he really wants to see "the way he talks about Dreyfus". I accuse, who returns on the Dreyfus affair, major social and political conflict of the end of the 19th century in France, had a very good start in theaters with 3.110 entries on Paris, Wednesday.
Last Friday, Le Parisien revealed the accusations of a French actress and photographer, Valentine Monnier, who accuses Roman Polanski of having raped her in 1975. Asked about this new accusation, Frédéric Mitterrand defends the director, now aged 86 years old. "I do not believe it," he answers simply. Several witnesses have confirmed the version of Valentine Monnier in Paris . "There are two testimonies, but we do not know who it is, we do not know their name," insists the nephew of the former President of the Republic, François Mitterrand.
In 2009, already, Frédéric Mitterrand had taken the defense of Roman Polanski on our antenna. He had judged the filmmaker's arrest in Switzerland "absolutely appalling" about his conviction in the United States for unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. "It did not really make sense anymore since it had been forgiven by the victim ", he reasserts on Europe 1, referring to the statements of the victim in 1997. Because of this case, Roman Polanski remains free to circulate in three countries: France, Poland and France. Swiss.
In support of Nadine Trintignant
Wednesday, Nadine Trintignant, known for his fight against violence against women after the death of his daughter, Marie, under the blows of Bertrand Cantat, also defended Roman Polanski. According to her, the director is the victim of an unjustified cabal. "He did a terrible thing 44 years ago, in 44 years there have been thousands of raped women all over the world, and we do not know the names of the men who did the wrong thing. Roman Polanski, we would not give him peace (...) There is jealousy (towards) someone who succeeded when he was a little Pole out of the ghetto. "
These statements have been criticized, but Frédéric Mitterrand wants to defend Nadine Trintignant. "The testimony of Ms. Trintignant is particularly moving because she has lived and still lives every day, and it is a word that deserves to be listened to as much as it does to others." there.