<div>The sex scandals surrounding the shamed former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has inspired an American film director to develop the story for the big screen.u00a0'Bad Lieutenant' director Abel Ferrara is mulling a project that would bring the 62-year French politician's story tou00a0the big screen.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>Backed by the production house Wild Bunch, the film could star popular French actor Gerard Depardieu asu00a0Strauss-Kahn, and Isabelle Adjani as his loyal wife, Anne Sinclair, The New York Daily News reports.u00a0"Today, the only reality is that they are writing something inspired by Strauss-Kahn that will focus on addiction andu00a0politicians.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>It's more that than the Strauss-Kahn scandal itself," Vincent Maraval, head of Wild Bunch, toldu00a0Deadline.com.u00a0"If it becomes a serious thing, I'm not even sure it will be the same film with Adjani and Depardieu," Maraval added.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>Once a favorite to become the next French president, Strauss-Kahn was arrested on May 14 after being accusedu00a0of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>He also dodged another criminal trial in Paris after police determined that a journalist''s claim that Strauss-Kahnu00a0raped her during a 2003 interview was past the statute of limitations for prosecution.u00a0</div>        

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