eronique Cayla, president of Arte on the LCI set.
Boulogne Billancourt in March 2013. -
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A woman at the head of the Caesars.
Véronique Cayla, former boss of Arte and the CNC (National Cinema Center), the only candidate for the head of the Academy of César, in tandem with the filmmaker Eric Toledano, should be appointed Tuesday for this post, according to
Le Figaro
.
Véronique Cayla would thus succeed Alain Terzian, at the top of an institution shaken by controversies for several months.
Eric Toledano [co-director with Olivier Nakache of
Intouchables
and other French cinema successes] should be its vice-president.
Terzian boss for seventeen years
The Caesar Academy was not reachable on Sunday evening.
The new general assembly of the Academy of Caesar must meet on Tuesday and try to put an end to the criticisms of his self-esteem and his lack of parity, by electing a new board of directors with a tandem woman / man as its president.
Alain Terzian was for seventeen years the boss of this institution now criticized for its opacity and its lack of internal democracy.
He had resigned, along with all of the old management, in February.
The Academy was then in full storm and the crisis had culminated a few days later when Roman Polanski, targeted by accusations of rape, had won the César for best director for his film
J'accuse
.
Polanski member of the general assembly
The filmmaker was not present to receive his prize, but the sensational departure of actress Adèle Haenel had marked the ceremony.
Polanski also announced Friday that he would not attend the general assembly of the Caesar earlier this week.
The director is an ex officio member of this general assembly, however renewed, because of his status as a “historic member”.
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