He is one of the French people who left their mark on the history of the country. Jacques Chirac, who died in December 2019, had been appointed minister and Prime Minister on several occasions, before being elected President of the Republic in 1995. Re-elected in 2002, he remained head of state until 2007, when which Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded him.
The former president, popularized in the 1990s by his puppet Les Guignols, was a bon vivant. In an article from Parisian, released on April 21, we discovered that he had spent one of the best evenings of his life thanks to a film. It’s about Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulaininitially released in theaters in 2001. It was Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of the film which revealed Audrey Tautou, who revealed this information to Parisian. During the interview given to our colleagues, he said: “At the time, I found myself one evening next to Jacques Chirac, who said to me: ‘Your thing is great, I had the best evening of my life. I have one of these potatoes. I’m going to go back to work!”
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An iconic film
The film The fabulous destiny of Amelie Poulain stars Audrey Tautou in the skin of a dreamy Parisian heroine who lives in the Montmartre district. The film was viewed by 9 million viewers in France. It enjoyed critical and international success. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director, revealed to our colleagues at Le Parisien that the film was going to be released in theaters again on July 24, two days before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
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