Close to 40 years have passed since filmmaker Roman Polanski pled guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl, whom he drugged and sodomized, before fleeing to Europe rather than submitting to jail time. And yet Hollywood and the European film industry have continued to support and celebrate him and his work.

On top of previously awarding him an Oscar for Best Director in 2003, the Cannes Film Festival has announced it will welcome him onto the red carpet next month to celebrate his most recent film D’après une histoire vraie (Based on a True Story). The organizers of the most famous film festival in the world will do this knowing fully well that Polanski has been a fugitive of the United States since 1978.

Cannes may not be entirely off the hook though, because things haven't been going well for Polanski recently. First, in January, "the Oscar-winning director stepped down from his role as president of the César Awards — the French equivalent of the Oscars — after women protested his appointment," reports Breitbart. Then earlier this month a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge rejected a motion filed by Polanski that would have allowed him to return to the U.S. without fear of serving additional jail time. Now Breitbart notes that "Cannes organizers could face public backlash over their decision to include Polanski’s film."

Maybe not everyone has lost their moral compass.

The last film of Polanski's to screen at Cannes was La Venus a la Fourrure (Venus in Fur) in 2013.