France's hardline immigration minister has launched a fresh demand to ban the burkha - decribed by president Nicolas Sarkozy a sign of 'subservience and debasement'. Eric Besson said the Islamic full ...

Five more women have come forward to accuse French film director Luc Besson of sexual harassment. The claims come following a rape complaint by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy, and sexual ...

A French prosecutor on Monday dismissed a rape accusation lodged against director Luc Besson due to a lack of evidence.Besson was accused in May of last year of drugging and raping a young actress in ...

France’s appeals court has officially dismissed rape accusations bought against filmmaker Luc Besson by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy. It marks the end of a long legal battle that began when ...

French filmmaker Luc Besson - known for movies including The Fifth Element and Leon - has been accused of raping an actress in Paris. A 27-year-old woman claims Besson, 59, drugged her before sexually ...

In a rare interview, Luc Besson went on the record in French daily Le Figaro last week to voice his fears about the current state of French cinema. "I can't help but be worried about French film," he ...

Ageing hit men, blue-collar action and warrior chicks – these are the film-maker's recurring motifs. And they're not the only things that set him apart from the rest of a French film industry that ...

Luc Besson, one of France's best-known film directors, has denied raping or drugging a young actress. Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy accused Mr Besson of repeatedly raping her over a two-year ...

The film-maker returns to the swashbuckling, maximalist production values that made him, with features such as Léon: The ...

Police in France are investigating a rape accusation made against film maker Luc Besson. Besson, one of France's best-known film directors, reportedly denies wrongdoing after the complaint was made on ...

Police in Paris are investigating a rape allegation made against Luc Besson, one of France's best-known film directors. The complaint was filed by an actress at a Paris police station on Friday. "Luc ...