Roman Polanski's Venice Silver Lion winner 'An Officer and a Spy' topped the French box office in its first week of release despite calls to boycott the film after actress Valentine Monnier accused the director of rape
topped the French box office in its first week of release despite calls to boycott the film after actress Valentine Monnier accused the director of rape.
The strong first-week performance comes as the country's writers, producers and directors guild ARP has moved to suspend Polanski and feminist groups have called for a boycott of the film. The new accusations have sparked a firey debate in France, where the film industry has long held that one should separate a director's personal actions from his body of work.
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