The clamour for Roman Polanski's release from fellow film directors - including David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Pedro Almodovar - and politicians - French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski - faced a growing backlash this morning.
Luc Besson, director of Léon, has refused to sign a Hollywood petition calling for Polanski's immediate release from the Swiss jail where he awaits possible extradition to the United States over an underage sex conviction from 30 years ago. "There is one justice, and that should be the same for everyone," Besson said on French radio. "I have a daughter, 13 years old. If she was violated, nothing would be the same, even 30 years later." More...
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