The inquiry commission spent six months auditioning members of the film industry, and is set to publish a report in April.

Jane Birkin was known for her style and being a symbol of the 1960s, but in 1981, she appeared in a movie that changed everything for her.

The #MeToo movement shook the French film industry from 2017, as it did Hollywood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Actor Judith Godrèche, who helped spur the creation of the parliamentary inquiry, accused two French directors – Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon – of abusing her when she was a teenager.

Credit must of course go to writer-director Jacques Doillon – who has subsequently been accused of impropriety by some of the actresses who appeared in his films – but it is Thivisol’s ...