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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Gérard Depardieu documentary shows ‘vile’ footage of sexist behaviour

Gérard Depardieu at a film premiere in Berlin earlier this year.
Gérard Depardieu at a film premiere in Berlin earlier this year. Photograph: Action Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Figures in the French film and TV industry have said they would not work again with the actor Gérard Depardieu, after a documentary showed footage of sexism and inappropriate behaviour by the star, who is under formal investigation for rape.

The documentary, Depardieu: The Fall of an Ogre, ran on the public service channel France 2 on Thursday night, after more than a dozen women had previously made allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour against Depardieu in an investigation by Mediapart last year.

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