To provide a film having excellent hand-cutting properties, in particular one having good transparency which is suitably applicable to an easy-openable packaging material for foodstuffs, medicines, etc., to provide an adhesive tape having excellent hand-cutting properties, and to provide, in addition, a material which is favorable in sanitation from the aspect of having a fungicidal property, antibacterial activity and the like.

The film is a polylactic acid film wherein haze is ≤20%, a melting point is ≥150°C and the value of breaking strength (MPa)×thickness (μm) is in the range of 100-2,100. A laminate comprising at least two layers consisting of a layer A composed of the polylactic acid film and a sealant layer (layer B), and having 50-700 g tear starting strength, is also provided. The packaging film and the adhesive tape are obtained by using the polylactic acid film.