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The stepson of a prominent French professor today filed a complaint for alleged sexual abuse in an escalation of a case that has prompted hundreds to come forward with their own stories of incest and assault.  Olivier Duhamel, 70, was accused in a book published this month by his stepdaughter Camille Kouchner of abusing her twin brother when they were aged 14. Kouchners revelations have blown up into the latest taboo-breaking scandal to rock the French intellectual elite. Her brother, whose na...

Frances Macron pledges to toughen laws on child sex abuse Issued on: French president vows to toughen up against child sex abuse. © AP Photo/Francois Mori 4 min President Emmanuel Macron has said France will tighten its laws to better protect children against sexual abusers. The statements follow a flurry of legal steps aimed at improving the protection of children after a high-profile incest scandal that sparked nationwide out...

Teague Hipkiss/Warner Bros/DreamWorks/Fox Searchlight/CJ Entertainment The Edge’s Best Films of 2020 By Theo Smith, Sam Pegg, Jacob Hando, Louise Chase, Katie Evans, Becky Davies, Conor OHanlon and Harry Geeves on “Death to 2020” as Charlie Brooker sardonically toasted in his Netflix comedy special, and 2021 could not come anytime soon for the film industry. With hugely anticipated blockbusters pushed back by a year and venues shutting their doors to the public, cinema ...

PARIS • One of France's leading political commentators is facing a criminal investigation after being accused of the sexual abuse of his stepson, in the latest taboo-breaking scandal to rock the French intellectual elite.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Olivier Duhamel, 70, is facing a criminal investigation after being accused of the sexual abuse of his stepson, in the latest taboo-breaking scandal to rock the French intellectual elite.

After an extraordinary year which temporarily closed cinemas, Damon Smith chooses his top 10 films of 2020 Parasite: Choi Woo-shik as Kim Ki-woo, Song Kang-ho as Kim Ki-taek, Chang Hyae-jin as Kim Chung-sook and Park So-dam as Kim Ki-jeong Damon Smith Soul: Soul 22 (Tina Fey) and Joe (Jamie Foxx) 1. PARASITE (15, 132 mins) Thriller/Comedy/Horror/Romance. Song Kang-ho, Chang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Jeong Ji-so, Jung Hyeon-jun...

When time stands still and all around you shudders to a halt, we seek inspiration beyond our reality and find refuge in the magic of film. Taking us up into its arms and away into its dreams, film will forever be our saviour. Showing us the light that bursts forth from beyond the storm, film shelters all its children in its warmth and wonder and promise of other worlds. In film, we trust. And so we take this opportunity to reclaim moments of a broken year and celebrate the films from 2020 that...

Madeleine (Adele Haenel) does not know that she is a character in a rom-com. She thinks shes in a war movie. Or, better yet, a dystopian post-apocalyptic movie. Anything but a rom-com. She does not smile until an hour and 20 minutes into "Love at First Fight," a new French rom-com, directed by Thomas Cailley. Its a bold and refreshing choice to have the lead character in a rom-com be this uningratiating, and this deadpan. The screwball dames of the 1930s may have had their quirks, and certainly...

The Trial of the Chicago 7. Picture: NICO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX 2020 - Credit: NICO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX © 2020 As we head towards 2021, film reviewer Paul Steward looks back on his top 10 films of 2020. Saint Maud. Picture: STUDIOCANAL - Credit: STUDIOCANAL It’s been a mighty strange year for the film industry. The global coronavirus pandemic has forced cinemas to close their doors and seen big budget blockbusters abandon their planned release dates for the imagined safer shores of 2021. However...

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