Roman Polanski’s Best Director win sparks Cesar Awards walkout

Adèle Haenel, a French actress, walked out of the César awards ceremony in Paris on Friday after Roman Polanski won an award. The actress left the ceremony after Polanski, 86, won the award for best director.The César awards are considered France's equivalent of the Oscars.

Adèle Haenel, a French actress, walked out of the César awards ceremony in Paris on Friday after Roman Polanski won an award. The actress left the ceremony after Polanski, 86, won the award for best director.

"Portrait of a Lady on Fire" actor Adèle Haenel yelled "Bravo, pedophilia!" at France’s César Awards after the disgraced director won a top prize.

The actress is an active voice in the #MeToo movement

PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski cast a shadow over France’s Cesar Awards on Friday even as he won best directing for his film “An Officer and a Spy,” with several women in the audience walking out in protest at honoring a man facing rape accusations.

LONDON — Roman Polanski, the film director who fled the United States in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, was a big winner Friday night at the Césars, France’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, leading several actors to walk out of the ceremony in outrage.

LONDON — Roman Polanski, the film director who fled the United States in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, was a big winner Friday night at the Césars, France’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, leading several actors to walk out of the ceremony in outrage.

PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski cast a shadow over France’s Cesar Awards on Friday even as he won best directing for his film “An Officer and a Spy,” with several women in the audience walking out in protest at honoring a man facing rape accusations.

LONDON — Roman Polanski, the film director who fled the United States in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, was a big winner Friday night at the Césars, France’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, leading several actors to walk out of the ceremony in outrage.

LONDON — Roman Polanski, the film director who fled the United States in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, was a big winner Friday night at the Césars, France’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, leading several actors to walk out of the ceremony in outrage.

LONDON — Roman Polanski, the film director who fled the United States in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, was a big winner Friday night at the Césars, France’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, leading several actors to walk out of the ceremony in outrage.

Roman Polanski won another award for his work Friday night, but there were more jeers than cheers from the audience. Friday night, the 86-year-old director won the Cesar Award for Best Director for his new film An Officer and a Spy, known as J'Accuse in France, prompting protests from attendees.

Police and protesters clashed briefly outside the French “Oscars” ceremony on Friday evening as the Franco-Polish film director Roman Polanski was awarded the prize for best director.

Protestors clashed with police outside the “French Oscars” after a movie directed by Roman Polanski picked up three awards.

Roman Polanski won another award for his work Friday night, but there were more jeers than cheers from the audience. Friday night, the 86-year-old director won the Cesar Award for Best Director for his new film An Officer and a Spy, known as J'Accuse in France, prompting protests from attendees.