Depardieu taking on Strauss-Kahn in film

Gerard Depardieu is to play disgraced French financier Dominic Strauss-Kahn in a new movie.

Director Abel Ferrara has confirmed the casting news to newspaper Le Monde, adding that Isabelle Adjani will portray the International Monetary Fund boss' wife Anne Sinclair.

Strauss-Kahn was charged with sexually assaulting a maid at the Sofitel New York Hotel last year.

Following an investigation, the charges were dropped, but the economist quit as IMF leader after news of the scandal broke.