Biopics are not always well received. On September 13, 2023, Laurent Lafitte will appear on netflix in the role of a character who caused a lot of controversy during his lifetime: Bernard Tapie. The streaming platform has decided to bring the “life” of the businessman who died on October 3, 2021 to the screen, and the project is extremely divisive. The inhabitants of Marseille, for example, still as fervent of the “Boss” who brought them the one and only Champions League for a French club to date on the Canebière, May 26, 1993. Indeed, the latter have not not appreciated that the dark aspects of Bernard Tapie are addressed in the series and therefore call for a boycott of it.
In addition, Dominique, the ex-girlfriend of the former president of Olympique de Marseille, said on the airwaves of RTL that she had never given her consent for her husband’s life to be brought to the screen. The main interested party himself did not agree either. For all these reasons, the project divides and will continue to divide until its release, or even after.
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Catherine Deneuve in “Bernadette”, the Chirac clan did not give its consent
It could be similar for the movie Bernadette. Indeed, on October 4, 2023, Catherine Deneuve will play the role of First Lady and will play Bernadette Chirac in the film of the same name directed by Léa Domenach. Bernadette Chirac, who has no after-effects from her stroke, divides just as much as Laurent Lafitte, including within the Chirac clan itself.
Claude, Bernadette’s daughter, gave an interview to Paris Match in June 2022, when the project was still in production. At the time, the daughter of former residents of the Élysée did not show up “enthusiastic” to the idea, nor to the methods of production. “They may not seem to know she’s still alive”she criticized, regretting that a film making fun of the life of Bernadette Chirac could see the light of day.
According to her statements, the production would not have bothered to contact her or her mother to obtain authorization to launch the project… The one who opened the ceremony of the last Cannes Film Festival will have a lot to do to convince the skeptics …
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