Roman Polanski: After his controversy he gets a new film

Roman Polanski has just started shooting his 24th feature film “Palace”. Three years after J’accuse, the filmmaker set up his cameras at the 5-star Hotel Gstaad Palace in Switzerland.

Following the postponement of filming (previously announced in the fall of 2021), the first applause took place this month in March 2022, for a film that will take the form of a camera, in this luxurious setting.

The action of the film takes place in this grand hotel, on the evening of December 31, 1999. At the dawn of the new millennium, the palace reflects the crossed fate of several clients and staff of this institution located in the Swiss Alps.

Unlike his recent films, it seems they were not French producers. The palace is funded by RAI, the main Italian public audiovisual group, the Swiss production company CAB Productions, as well as Polish producers. The budget will be 13 million euros.

Spreading rumors and motions

While filming has begun, the casting has not yet been officially announced. The IMDB site publishes several names, including John Cleese and Joaquim de Almeida, which we can not confirm.

Foreign sites also mentioned the name of Catherine Deneuve in the casting in the form of rumors, which we can deny. Our correspondent Artmedia told us that Catherine Deneuve was not part of the cast of this film.

The actors in this film should in any case appeal to international talents, of all ages. This Instagram post by influencer Marina Strakhova seems to confirm that she will definitely be in the movie subtitles.

Moreover, as set forth Swiss TV channel RTS, A petition has been launched against the shooting of this film. “Needless to say, when a person like Polanski, who has a large media base, makes a film, it also sends a signal to all potential aggressors or in action that it does not really matter. They can commit a full-blown sexual offense without consequences.Elena Avdia, a member of the team of this petition, who was interrogated by RTS, was worried.

Roman Polanski is still the target of several charges and may soon be the subject of a trial before the 17th Chamber of the Paris Criminal Court for defamation against British actress Charlotte Lewis, who claimed she was “Sexual violenceBy the director in the early 1980s when he was 16 years old.