France

American director Abel Ferrara plans to make a film starring Gerard Depardieu (pictured) as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose political career was destroyed by a hotel maid's allegations of rape, with Isabelle Adjani in the role of his wife.

French movie theatres in 2011 brought in a record-breaking 215.6 million euros in ticket sales, the country's best box office year in half a century. This was due in large part to the broadened appeal of French-made films last year.

US film director Francis Ford Coppola, known for such classics as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, will be the guest of honour at an American film festival in Deauville, France, in September, organisers announced Tuesday.

French New Wave cinema muse Marie-France Pisier was found dead in her swimming pool in the south of France on Sunday. She was 66 years old.

French New Wave cinema muse Marie-France Pisier was found dead in her swimming pool in the south of France on Sunday. She was 66 years old.

Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor’s death on Wednesday stirred grief and nostalgia around the world. But in France, the flood of reactions from high-profile cultural and political figures has been particularly intense.

The sixth edition of the French capital’s international science film festival served up a tribute to biodiversity in its various forms – and a warning about the difficulty of preserving it.

France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has begun filming alongside Hollywood star Owen Wilson in director Woody Allen's latest movie "Midnight in Paris", a romantic comedy set in the City of Light.

Filming began Monday for Director Woody Allen's latest movie, "Midnight in Paris", in the capital this week. Starring in the movie is none other than supermodel-turned-singer-turned-first-lady Carla Sarkozy-Bruni, in her latest guise as an actress.

Celebrated Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been in custody since March and on hunger strike for over a week, was released on bail Tuesday, according to reports from Iran's official news agency that were confirmed by his wife.