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New interactive map plots Paris film locations
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New interactive map plots Paris film locations

Visitors to Paris often say that walking through the capital’s historic streets is like being on a film set. Now a new interactive map gives you the chance to find out if you really are standing on spot where a famous film has been shot.
Paris film scene 'streets ahead of London's'
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Paris film scene 'streets ahead of London's'

London and Paris have been squabbling like siblings recently over various claims to fame but when it comes to the world of cinema there would be one clear winner of the gong, our guest blogger Rory Mulholland claims.
The lesbian icon turned 'homophobic' villain
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The lesbian icon turned 'homophobic' villain

She shot to fame in May for playing a blue-haired lesbian in the award-winning 'Blue is the Warmest Colour,' but this week, Léa Seydoux was at the centre of a 'lesbophobia' storm when she implied that lesbians were not as beautiful as straight women.
French film festival sparks Sri Lanka protests
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French film festival sparks Sri Lanka protests

A film shown by France's embassy in Sri Lanka on Bastille Day, and set during the country's civil war has sparked protests, with crowds accusing France of supporting Tamil rebels. The embassy said authorities cleared the screening.
France's complicated 'white girl' in Bollywood
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France's complicated 'white girl' in Bollywood

Unknown in France, but a superstar on the streets of India, Kalki Koechlin says of herself: “My skin is white, but my heart is brown.” Known for playing the complex foreign woman in Bollywood movies, she is our French Face of the Week.