The retrospective is being organised by the Cinematheque Francaise, a major Paris-based film archive that is partly funded by the state.
French feminists have voiced outrage over a planned retrospective of the films of director Roman Polanski, who has been accused of several sexual assaults, calling it “an insult” to women following the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
“It’s an insult to all the women who mobilised around the #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc (Expose the pig) hashtags,” she wrote.
The new claims bring to at least four the number of women who have publicly accused him of sexual assault.