PARIS — Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, will soon learn if she must face a full criminal investigation over her role in a contentious financial deal that dates back to her time as French finance minister. Ms. Lagarde, the fund’s managing director since 2011, was set to appear Thursday for a…
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Dave M. Benett/Getty ImagesThe spread at “The Hunger Games” Cannes Party at Baoli Beach. The best-dressed set has taken over the French Riviera, where the promise of great films is rivaled only by the number of enviable parties at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival. Here, where the partygoers have wined, dined and danced their…
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Takashi Miike in Cannes, where his “Shield of Straw” is in competition. CANNES, France — The laughter started again when the soulful thug adrift in “Only God Forgives” slid a hand in his dead mother’s eviscerated belly, seemingly going for her womb. The mother, played by Kristin Scott Thomas with long bleached…
In response, the city government has begun an ambitious program of large-scale, mixed-use developments on the periphery. The goals are twofold: creating an engine for economic growth while preserving the Belle Époque Paris beloved by tens of millions of tourists; and integrating the prosperous city with struggling inner-ring suburbs, or banlieues. Though France, and much…
The man, identified as Dominique Venner, 78, left a letter “addressed to investigators” in the cathedral before shooting himself in the head, Monsignor Patrick Jacquin, the rector, told France Info radio. Officials offered no details about the letter’s contents, but Mr. Venner published a blog post on Tuesday in which he denounced the passage of…
Gotcha Images, via Splash News The Girl: The actress with her husband, Justin Timberlake, leaving Le Grand Journal studio in Cannes, France. The Details: Roksanda Ilincic dress, Christian Louboutin shoes, Fendi bag and sunglasses.
The filmmaker and producer Anurag Kashyap presented “Ugly” as part of the Directors’ Fortnight section. Amit Kumar’s “Monsoon Shootout” was screened at the Palais des Festivals and Ritesh Batra’s “The Lunch Box” was shown at International Critics’ Week. “Bombay Talkies,” a collection of shorts by four directors, was also shown. The young directors making these…
“Isn’t it a strange story?” said Mr. Desplechin. “An encounter between two men who are worlds apart. When they meet at the clinic, each has traveled across the country, Jimmy from Montana — three days by train — and Devereux from New York. They are both in exile.” The film is about the pioneering days…
A perfect season in the Heineken European Cup takes only nine victories, compared with 19 in the National Football League. Yet the shorter version of the feat continued to be no less elusive Saturday in Dublin, as Clermont Auvergne lost the final, 16-15, to another French club, Toulon. Clermont followed in the footsteps of the…