Ruthless succession at the Barrière

Rnothing has moved, or very little. In this mansion of the Villa Montmorency, an ultra-select Parisian enclave, time seems to stand still. In a vaporous dream, one could even let oneself be surprised by the sudden appearance, between two doors, of Diane Barrière, so much the places are haunted by the memory of the adopted daughter of Lucien Barrière, the French emperor of the casinos and the luxury hotel. This beautiful blonde woman died in the spring of 2001, at the age of 44, following a plane crash six years earlier. “There is a strange atmosphere in this house, says an occasional visitor. The spirit of Diane floats in the air… Her husband and her children live in the cult of this wife and this tragically deceased mother. » But more than twenty years later…