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Roman Polanski’s ‘An Officer and a Spy’ finally opens in the US — bringing both scandal and an important portrayl of the Dreyfus Affair

JL;DR SUMMARY Roman Polanski's film "An Officer and a Spy" highlights the historical Dreyfus Affair, now showing in the U.S., despite controversy around its director. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryFilmJusticeDreyfus AffairAlfred DreyfusRoman PolanskiFrench HistoryGeorges Picquart

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New York, United States
"starting Friday when Roman Polanskis An Officer and a Spy, winner of the 2019 Venice Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, finally gets its U.S. premiere at New Yorks Film Forum."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"while a crowd of Parisians behind the gates yell, Death to the traitor! Death to Judas!"

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