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

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

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

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This year’s Cannes opened hours after French actor Gerard Depardieu was found guilty of sexual assault and handed a 18-month ...

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

A legal divide among federal district courts is growing over the proper standard for determining when a recent federal law ...

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

The Cannes film festival barred an actor in a prominent French film from the red carpet on Thursday because of sexual assault allegations, unveiling a new policy under pressure from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...