Emmanuelle Beart heads French film fest in Japan

PARIS, June 10 (AFP) - Actress Emmanuelle Beart is to preside over a French film festival later this month in Yokohama, Japan, the organisers said.

PARIS, June 10 (AFP) - Actress Emmanuelle Beart is to preside over a French film festival later this month in Yokohama, Japan, the organisers said.

Beart, the star of over 20 films, will head up an 85-strong French delegation of directors, actors and distributors who will attend the event, seen as "a major gathering for French, Japanese and Asian professionals", the French overseas film promotion body Unifrance said in a statement.

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