French feminist groups on Monday staged a protest against a retrospective honouring director Roman Polanski at film institute La Cinematheque Francaise. A few dozen protesters gathered near the Paris institute as the event was starting Monday night, booing as Polanski attended the opening. Two members of the Femen activist group went topless near Polanski inside the film institute, shouting "no honour for rapists." Since Polanski fled the U.S. on the eve of his sentencing in 1978 and has mostly lived in Paris. activist group called on the government to stop supporting the head of the film institute, which is financed by the French state and private sponsors.

Source: CBC News October 30, 2017 21:22 UTC