France's biggest film star faces sexual assault allegations as the nation's film industry grapples with its #MeToo moment. By Scott Roxborough, Jordan Mintzer French actor Gerard Depardieu (left ...

French actor Gérard Depardieu is standing trial ... This is the first time Depardieu, one of France’s most prominent film actors, has gone to trial over sexual assault allegations.

“Gérard Depardieu makes France proud,” Macron said. The remark sparked outrage over the instinct to protect cultural giants, no matter the cost. Weeks later, Macron expressed his “regret ...

Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021, The New York Times reports. The French actor received an 18-month suspended sentence, and his name ...

The support was not well received by many in France, including by former president François Hollande who declared: “No, we are not proud of Gérard Depardieu! … what was expected of the ...

Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Gérard Depardieu once seemed larger than France itself. With his hulking frame, crooked nose, and volcanic charisma, he reigned over ...

PARIS (AP) — For powerful men in France’s film industry, this was a week of reckoning. Gérard Depardieu — the country’s most famous male actor — was convicted of sexual assault.

The trial of Gerard Depardieu was as much farce as it was tragedy. As France grabbles with its own #MeToo moment and a parliamentary commission examines abuse and violence against women in the ...

PARIS (AP) — Gérard Depardieu once seemed larger than France itself. With his hulking frame, crooked nose, and volcanic charisma, he reigned over cinema for half a century — a national icon ...

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