cv2 cant handle char é in path/filename

[666Warlock666]

Expected behaviour

if a é or similar char is in file name it should be able to handle it as normal

Actual behaviour

Write here what went wrong.

Steps to reproduce

img = cv2.imread('c:\é\filename.jpg) comes back as None renaming path to img = cv2.imread('c:\e\filename.jpg) comes with results even though file exists

windows 10

• architecture x64 latest version

[asmorkalov]

Duplicate for https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python/issues/211.