French Actor Gérard Depardieu Stripped of Order of Quebec After Documentary Remarks

French Actor Gérard Depardieu Stripped of Order of Quebec After Documentary Remarks
French actor Gérard Depardieu speaks at the Montreal World Film Festival in Montreal, on Sept. 6, 2010. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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The Quebec government has stripped French actor Gérard Depardieu of his Order of Quebec after “shocking” comments made by the actor came to light in a documentary film

The release of a documentary in France this month showing him repeatedly making obscene sexual remarks and gestures during a 2018 trip to North Korea, has caused the French actor’s behaviour towards women to come under scrutiny once more.