Polanski, a fugitive from US justice, meets with strong criticism at news that his film about the Dreyfus affair is to go ahead
Although it was first announced in 2012, outrage is rapidly spreading over a new project by director Roman Polanski after it was confirmed filming is to start soon.
Entitled J’Accuse, the film is based on the notorious Dreyfus affair, a shocking miscarriage of justice case that convulsed France at the end of the 19th century. It takes its title from the celebrated open letter written by novelist Emile Zola and published in 1898, accusing the government of ineptitude and antisemitism after the jailing of artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus for espionage. Dreyfus was ultimately exonerated of any wrongdoing after spending four years in the Devil’s Island penal colony. Novelist Robert Harris has written the script; Louis Garrel is to play Dreyfus while Jean Dujardin, best actor Oscar winner for The Artist, is to play Colonel Picquart, the intelligence chief who led the attempt to find the real culprit.
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