The novel of Liliane Bettencourt, heiress of the L’Oréal family, hit the headlines in 2007. He was recently the subject of a documentary series on Netflix. This series dedicated to the scandal immediately took the first place on the top of Netflix.
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After the documentary format, the novel turns into fiction. Director Thierry Clifford’s film has just started shooting, reports say French movie. Titled The Richest Woman in the World, this adaptation is intended to be loose and will focus on “The relationship between a sixty-year-old billionaire and a 27-year-old writer-photographer“.
figure“Writer-photographerFrançois-Marie Bagnier, who received no less than 917 million euros from the heir between 1997 and 2007, will be inspired. This relationship of influence is also one of the main points mentioned in the documentary series.
The cast includes Isabelle Hooper as the billionaire, Marina Foys as the heir’s daughter, as well as Laurent Lafitte, Raphael Persson, André Marconi, Mathieu Demme, Joseph Oliveira and Micha Lescott.
The original screenplay was written by Thierry Cliffe, Cédric Anger and Jacques Fiech. The Richest Woman in the World — Thierry Clifford’s 6th feature film.
Remember that The Bettencourt Affair: A Scandal Among the World’s Richest Women is available on Netflix.
Source: Allocine
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