Bernadette Chirac and Yellow Coins: Everything in the film is fake (or almost)

After seeing Bernadette, a comedy loosely inspired by the life of Bernadette Chirac, viewers will inevitably wonder about the veracity of certain anecdotes told in the film, which is currently in theaters and stars Catherine Deneuve. For example, there is the incredible story of Jacques Chirac and an Italian actor on the night of Lady Diana’s tragic accident in Paris.

Among the craziest stories in the film are also the connections that Bernadette Chirac had with the world of show business, where we meet Pell-Mel’s 2Be3, Karl Lagerfeld and… Muscles (who gave us the spread.Excerpt from the clip of Merguez’s part in the film)! As in the film as a whole, there is an element of truth at the base, but here fiction prevails and many things are completely fictional.

Remembering the facts. In 1997, Bernadette Chirac tried to publicize Operation Yellow Pieces, a solidarity campaign carried out annually since 1989 by the Hospital Foundation to raise funds to improve hospital conditions for children and adolescents.

While finding celebrity sponsors for Operation Yellow Pieces and also wanting to shed her image, Bernadette Chirac, according to the film, wanted the hip boy band of the moment, 2Be3. He would then move on to the Club Dorothée group, Les Musclées.

“This is completely fictional. side, “2BE3 is leftist and all”. This is all completely made up. Bernadette Chirac and 2BE3 have nothing in common! How could he have this idea? It seemed completely incredible to me” Leah Domenach explained in our podcast interview for AlloCiné.

“We thought and said to ourselves: how funny it would be if he went there step by step. Originally, he absolutely wanted 2BE3s and was offered Les Muscles, which was also completely bogus. He says no, and then we see some of the steps that lead to the selection of David Doyle.“

A real anecdote still slipped into 2Be3, but one that is, in truth, attributed to Jacques Chirac. The president would have then Really hurt the name of 2Be3during the Christmas party in the lounges of the presidential palace. Their name became… “Two Herbs Three”… In the film, Bernadette is the first lady to cut their name when her advisor, Bernard Nique, proposes their proposal.

According to The Huffington PostBernadette Chirac, who also tried to separate fact from fiction in the film.night birdDid the night club party depicted in the movie actually take place?In 2009, we met him in a VIP room in Saint-Tropez with Karl Lagerfeld. in the program? The 20th anniversary of the night club, where Alexandre Arno – Bernard’s son – came to play DJ. All without Jacques sleeping peacefully on the Elysée“, he says in turn, Gala !

Bernadette with Catherine Deneuve is currently in theaters.