The wife of Roman Polanski refuses to be part of Hollywood Academy

"I've always been a feminist, but how can I do it as if I did not know that the Academy a few weeks ago pushed my husband, Roman Polanski, to be good with its time, "says French actress Emmanuelle. Seigner

The French actress Emmanuelle Seigner rejects the entry to the Academy Oscar to protest against the exclusion of her husband, the director Roman Polanski, by this organization, in an open letter published by the Journal du Dimanche

" The American Academy of Cinema and Arts proposes that I join her, along with other actresses, in the name of feminization, on the other hand, necessary. Who can think that I can not worry about equality between men and women? ", he wrote

" I've always been a feminist, but how can I do as if I did not know that the Academy, a few weeks ago, had cast my husband, Roman Polanski, to behave well? they run .The same academy that awarded him an Oscar for Best Director for "The Pianist". in 2003. A curious amnesia! "

" This Academy probably thinks I am an upstart actress, without character, as if to forget that I have been married for 29 years with one of the greatest directors . I love him, he is my husband, the father of my children. Do they reject him as an outcast and some unseen academics think I could "climb the steps of glory" behind their backs? Unbearable hypocrisy! ", Denounced.

Inclining the proposition of" insult, "the actress claims to be" the only one who can account for how much [Polanski] regrets what happened forty years ago. "

In 1977, the filmmaker admitted to having unlawful badual intercourse with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer at Jack Nicholson's home in Los Angeles, in the absence of this traveling actor (Background: Roman Polanski, ready to return to the United States United to close the case of rape.)

In exchange for admitting the facts, a judge agreed to rule out other more serious charges, including that of rape. a minor under consumption

The Board of Governors of the Academy announced on May 3 the expulsion of Polanski and the actor to the bar Bill Cosby, found guilty of aggression

The decision was made under the new code of conduct adopted by the p " Roman does not correspond at all with c e macho cartoon, a symptom of evil that devastates the cinema ", concludes the actress, 52 years old