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Polanski's arrest sinister: France
Updated On: 29 September, 2009 07:56 AM IST | | Agencies
French and Polish foreign ministers write to US Secy of State to protest against the director's arrest in a 32-year-old rape case
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French and Polish foreign ministers write to US Secy of State to protest against the director's arrest in a 32-year-old rape case
Was Roman Polanski "thrown to the lions because of ancient history?" That's what France's culture minister says, and many French people agree.
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France has rushed to the filmmaker's defence since he was arrested this weekend in Switzerland on a three-decade-old charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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French ministers and France's cultural world have lauded Polanski as a great artist, a family man and a survivor of countless hardships who deserves peace at 76.
Bernard Kouchner, France's foreign minister, and his Polish counterpart Radek Sikorski, jointly wrote to Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, to protest against the arrest of the Oscar-winning director who has dual French and Polish nationality. "This affair is frankly a bit sinister. This is not nice at all," Kouchner said.
Frederic Mitterrand, the French Culture Minister, claimed Polanski had been "trapped and thrown to the lions" and his arrest was "absolutely horrifying".
Was Roman Polanski "thrown to the lions because of ancient history?" That's what France's culture minister says, and many French people agree.
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France has rushed to the filmmaker's defence since he was arrested this weekend in Switzerland on a three-decade-old charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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French ministers and France's cultural world have lauded Polanski as a great artist, a family man and a survivor of countless hardships who deserves peace at 76.
Bernard Kouchner, France's foreign minister, and his Polish counterpart Radek Sikorski, jointly wrote to Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, to protest against the arrest of the Oscar-winning director who has dual French and Polish nationality. "This affair is frankly a bit sinister. This is not nice at all," Kouchner said.
Frederic Mitterrand, the French Culture Minister, claimed Polanski had been "trapped and thrown to the lions" and his arrest was "absolutely horrifying".
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Past Tense: A sign on a man's shirt during the Zurich film festival yesterday. Polanski was arrested on September 26 after he flew in to Zurich to collect a lifetime achievement award at the festival. Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
