Los Angeles, July 9 (IANS) Veteran actress Jane Fonda is returning to French film industry after 38 years.

Fonda, who was last seen in a film called 'Jean-Luc Godard's Tout va bien' in 1972, will be starring in a French comedy 'Et si on vivait tous' ensemble (And If We All Lived Together), which follows the lives of five old friends who move in together, reports hollywood.com.

In the film directed by Stephane Robelin, the actress' character bonds with a young German student who is preparing a thesis about the ageing population.