James Franco's girlfriend Izabel Pakzad, 29, stuns in a sheer co-ord as she and the actor, 47, join Carla Bruni at Biarritz Film Festival

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James Franco and his girlfriend Izabel Pakzad attended the Opening Ceremony during the 3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival on Thursday.
Walking the red carpet in France, the actor, 47, and the actress, 29, were joined by Carla Bruni, 57.
Izabel, who has been dating the Spiderman star since 2017, looked stunning in a sheer co-ord consisting of a crop top and knee length skirt.
She teamed the sequinned number with a pair of strappy black heels and styled her hair into curls.
Meanwhile, James opted for an oversized suit which he paired with a striped shirt and sunglasses.
Carla wore an elegant figure-hugging midi dress, that featured a ruffled neckline for the event.
The festival, which takes place over six days, will showcase eight feature films that have yet to be shown in French theatres.
James' appearance comes after Seth Rogan made it clear that he isn't paying much attention to comments made by his former friend and collaborator.
The Long Shot actor, 42, publicly cut off his Pineapple Express co-star James after he was accused and sued by his students over behaving inappropriately and sexually towards them.
Years after Seth publicly announced he had distanced himself, James went on to confirm that the friendship was officially 'over.'
Now Seth has admitted he wasn't even aware of his former friend's comment, telling Esquire in a new interview: 'Honestly, I absorb so little media that it really wasn't on my radar.'
He then noted: 'That is all he wants to say about that.'
Over the course of their friendship, James and Seth had starred in a number of projects together, including the NBC Cult classic Freaks and Geeks.
They also appeared in films such as Pineapple Express, This Is the End, The Disaster Artist, and The Interview.
Speaking again about the rift in October last year, James told Variety: 'I haven't talked to Seth. I love Seth, we had 20 great years together, but I guess it's over.
'And not for lack of trying. I've told him how much he's meant to me.'
In January of 2018, five women told the Los Angeles Times that James had been sexually inappropriate or exploitative with them.
One detailed how James removed plastic guards from actress' vulvas during a sex scene while simulating oral sex.
Two of the women, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, sued James in 2019, claimed that he tried to 'create a pipeline of young women who were subjected to his personal and professional sexual exploitation in the name of education' while they attended his Studio 4 acting school.
At the time, James denied the allegations via his attorney. He eventually settled the lawsuit for $2.2 million in July 2021.
James' appearance comes after Seth Rogan made it clear that he isn't paying much attention to comments made by his former friend and collaborator
Initially, when the allegations came out in 2018, Seth told Vulture that he would continue to work with James.
But in May 2021, he publicly revised his position, telling Britain's Sunday Times that he would not.
'What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment and I would never cover or conceal the actions of someone doing it, or knowingly put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that,' Seth told the publication.
He added that it was 'not a coincidence' he hasn't worked with Franco in recent years, as he faced sexual misconduct accusations in 2014 and again in 2018.
That December, James said it was 'hurtful' that Seth had 'no plans to work with him in the future.'