France's minister for women's rights said it was a "shocking" decision to appoint filmmaker Roman Polanski as head of the jury for the country's equivalent of the Oscars.
The award-winning director has been wanted in the US for decades after admitting to sex with a minor.
Mr Polanski, now 83, fled ahead of his sentencing for statutory rape in 1978.
The Cesars have defended their choice, praising the director as an "insatiable aesthete".
His role in the 2017 awards has outraged women right's groups, who have called for a boycott of next month's televised ceremony. Full story...
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The award-winning director has been wanted in the US for decades after admitting to sex with a minor.
Mr Polanski, now 83, fled ahead of his sentencing for statutory rape in 1978.
The Cesars have defended their choice, praising the director as an "insatiable aesthete".
His role in the 2017 awards has outraged women right's groups, who have called for a boycott of next month's televised ceremony. Full story...
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