This year’s Cannes Film Festival kicked off with Gerard Depardieu’s 18-month suspended sentence for sexual assault on two ...

French courts may finally be taking years of complaints about sexual violence seriously, advocates and experts say.

PARIS -- For powerful men in France’s film industry, this was a week of reckoning. Gérard Depardieu — the country’s most ...

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France's CNC president Gaetan Bruel discussed Trump's proposed 100% tariff on foreign-made movies and the industry's MeToo ...

The New York Adult Survivors Act gave alleged victims of sexual violence a one-year window to file civil claims, even after ...

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In one of the highest-profile #MeToo cases to come before judges in France, Depardieu repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and his lawyer said he would appeal the court’s decision. Depardieu ...

Women's rights advocates say the case is about whether France's justice system is truly ready to reckon with sexual violence.

Depardieu’s conviction was seen as a victory for the #MeToo movement in France, which took hold more slowly than in the United States. He was given an 18-month suspended sentence on charges of ...

But some say now that the festival is evolving as the #MeToo movement has made belated inroads into the French film industry. This year's Cannes opened hours after French actor Gerard Depardieu ...

Addressing the findings of the report and the country’s MeToo reckonning, Bruel highlighted the several key measures taken by the National Film Board over the last five years to curb sexual ...