French film director Luc Besson is to be treated as an assisted witness in the court case over allegations that he raped an actress, a judge ruled Monday. The case is the second brought against the "Fifth Element" director by the Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, who has accused Besson, 60, of repeatedly raping her over a two-year period.

French director Besson made 'assisted witness' in rape case

Italian resort Rimini on Monday marked 100 years since the birth of director Federico Fellini, whose visual dreamscapes revolutionised cinema in a career spanning almost half a century.

Federico Fellini's birthplace Rimini marks centenary of maestro's birth

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French director Besson made 'assisted witness' in rape case

Federico Fellini's birthplace Rimini marks centenary of maestro's birth