Vanessa Paradis To Play Midwife in New Film

For you Vanessa Paradis fans who are challenged by subtitles (I know, they're especially hard to follow when you're trying to eat a hard-shell taco at the same time) - good news! ScreenDaily.com reports she's been signed on to play the lead in her first English-language film, Midwife Crisis. The 'offbeat, romantic comedy' is about a strange love affair between a midwife and a loan shark. Mabrouk El Mechri of JVCD fame will direct, so it could be interesting. Shooting starts in spring 2009 in New York City.

Image: scan from Italian Vanity Fair, October 2007