Depardieu set for DSK role

French actor Gerard Depardieu will play former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film about his life.

The biopic is expected to cover the sex scandals that led to his resignation and scuppered Strauss-Kahn's chances of running for the French presidency.

It is reported that US film-maker Abel Ferrara, known for the 1992 thriller 'Bad Lieutenant', will direct.