French director Jacques Audiard`s new film 'Paris 13th district' ('Les Olympiades') does not show the Eiffel Tower, Haussmann buildings or the River Seine. He trains his lens instead of on the brutalist apartment towers of the 13th arrondissement, known as the Chinatown of Paris, where he once lived.

Cannes film 'Paris 13th district' shows another side of the French capital

The city of Paris has unveiled a new museum dedicated to the city's liberation from Nazi rule in the Second World War. The Museum of the Liberation of Paris will open to the public on Sunday (August 25), the same day when Paris marks 75 years since the defeat of the Nazis in the French capital.

New museum to open in Paris to mark 75 years after liberation from Nazi rule

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Cannes film 'Paris 13th district' shows another side of the French capital

New museum to open in Paris to mark 75 years after liberation from Nazi rule