A few hours before a 45th César ceremony against the backdrop of the Polanski affair, the director Arnaud Desplechin, nominated seven times for "Roubaix, une lumière", explains to Europe 1's microphone that he has in a way contributed to a possible reward for the film "J'accuse" this Friday evening at the Salle Pleyel.

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He is one of the few in the film industry to defend the nominations for the film J'accuse by Roman Polanski. A few hours before a 45th Cesar ceremony which promises to be very tense, and over which will cast the shadow of the Franco-Polish director, absent after the controversy linked to a new accusation of rape at the end of 2019, the filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin assumes his opinion on Friday evening on Europe 1.

"I had a cinema teacher who told me that a cinema ticket is like a ballot," said the member of the Academy of the Cesars at the microphone of Europe 1. "I do not judge the "Man, I judge the work. I wanted to see its actors, I wanted to listen to this story, and I was overwhelmed at the cinema." This prompts the director of Roubaix, a light , who is also named seven times, to say that he "had already voted" after seeing the film.

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"I couldn't miss a Polanski film"

Arnaud Desplechin says that he does not "know how to judge people", that some people "preferred not to see J'accuse because they could be injured for such or such reason", and said he "understood". However, as an individual "with the eternal gratitude [for] the film Tess [by Roman Polanski], [he] could not miss a film by Polanksi."