Roman Polanski's new film 'An Officer and a Spy', a portrayal of ...
VENICE, Italy - Roman Polanski’s new film “An Officer and a Spy”, a portrayal of the notorious Dreyfus Affair in 19th-century France, premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday to renewed controversy over the director, given his conviction for a sex crime.
Dreyfus’ conviction was criticized as being motivated by anti-Semitism and the case deeply split France. He was eventually exonerated. Festival organizers have faced criticism for including it in the program but have defended the move, saying it is the film and not the man being judged. Polanski fled the United States in 1978 for fear a deal for leniency with prosecutors would be overruled and he would get a lengthy prison term. Now aged 86, he lives in Europe.
In the production notes, French writer Pascal Bruckner asks Polanski about his own “persecution,” which he says began when his actress wife Sharon Tate was murdered in 1969 by followers of cult leader Charles Manson.“All this still haunts me today. Anything and everything. It is like a snowball, each season adds another layer. Absurd stories by women I have never seen before in my life who accuse me of things which supposedly happened more than half a century ago.
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