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- After Monnier came forward, one of the film’s Paris premieres was scrapped because of protests by women’s-rights activists. The hashtag #BoycottPolanski sprang up ahead of the debut, although it’s unclear to what effect.
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UPDATED: In the wake of French actress Valentine Monnier’s allegation of rape against Roman Polanski, the promotion of the director’s latest film, “An Officer and a Spy,” has been axed in ...
Nov 23, 2019 · Emmanuelle Seigner, Polanski’s wife, who appears in An Officer and a Spy, canceled an interview with France’s leading morning radio show during the promotion tour, the show’s host said.
May 23, 2022 · Mon 23 May 2022 16:30, UK. In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested and charged with the rape and sodomy of the 13-year-old child Samantha Geimer. As a result, Polanski fled the United States, taking refuge in Paris as a fugitive from the US criminal justice system.
In November 2019, five days before the official release of An Officer and a Spy in France, Polanski faced accusations of rape by a French woman, Valentine Monnier. Upon the release, French feminist groups invaded or blockaded several cinemas, having the film cancelled in some places.
Later, things didn’t get any better – due to a protest by a group of around 40 women, the pre-premiere screening of Officer and Spy in Paris was canceled. As if that weren’t enough, Roman Polanski faced an unpleasant surprise in Poland.
Nov 18, 2019 · Roman Polanski ‘s latest film, “ An Officer and a Spy,” is leading the French box office after its opening weekend and fifth day out in theaters despite new sexual-assault accusations against...
Trivia. An Officer and a Spy. The production was originally conceived as an English-language film with a Hollywood star in the lead to be shot on locations in Poland. Later, tax cuts enabled the film to be produced on the original locations in Paris, France, and in the French language with a French cast. Helpful • 62 1.
