Posted on 12/09/2012 2:00:49 PM PST by NormsRevenge
PARIS (Reuters) - Actor Gerard Depardieu has become the latest Frenchman to look for shelter outside his native country after a series of tax hikes by Socialist President Francois Hollande on the wealthy.
The "Cyrano de Bergerac" star has bought a house in the Belgian village of Nechin near the French border, local mayor Daniel Senesael told French media on Sunday, adding he had also enquired about procedures for acquiring Belgian residency.
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"I think he wanted to enjoy the atmosphere in Belgium, our identity, the rural, bucolic setting," Senesael told RTL radio.
For Depardieu, best known for his roles as Obelix in the French "Asterix" films and as Cyrano de Bergerac in the 1990 film of the same name, the move will do nothing to improve his image, already tarnished by a series of embarrassing incidents.
Just last week, Depardieu was arrested for driving under the influence after falling of his scooter in Paris, while in August a car driver filed a legal complaint for assault and battery against him following an altercation in the capital.
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At least Hollywood didn’t totally sell out and name
it “The Return of Richard Guerre”.
Hollywood is good at ruining LOTS of things!
Even worse would be “The Return of Richard Gere”!
Every Hollywood film starring a well-known actor is
basically “The Return of (fill in the blank)”
Return of Marin Guerre was interesting. Based on an actual court case from the middle ages.
Fat,drunk and on a scooter is no way to go through life, son.
Despite Tax Increase, California State Revenues in Freefall
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/07/CALIFORNIA-STATE-BUDGET-GOES-OFF-THE-CLIFF
Did not realize that. Thanks.
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