When Carlos Ghosn compares his escape to the film “Midnight Express”: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

While he should be rather discreet, because of his status as a fugitive wanted by Interpol, Carlos Ghosn continues to appear in the media. The former CEO of Renault-Nissan, arrested in November 2018 by the Japanese courts on suspicion of concealing income and using company funds for personal purposes, had fled clandestinely from Japan a few days before the move to Israel. 'year 2020. Before that, he had been imprisoned in deplorable conditions (according to the words of his wife Carole) before being placed under house arrest pending trial. His escape to Lebanon, a country of which he is a national, had made the headlines of all the media for months. A year later, Carlos Ghosn continues to make people talk about him.

In addition to the documentary and mini-series in which they agreed to appear, Carlos and Carole Ghosn have decided to publish a book – titled Together, always – to tell their “descent into hell" and their exile. It is to discuss the release of this book that the two spouses accepted the invitation of David Pujadas, Wednesday March 3, 2021. From their residence in Beirut, the couple agreed to answer the journalist's questions on the show. 24 hours Pujadas, broadcast on LCI.

I had quite a bit, I was like anesthetized "

In this book, published the same day, the ex-boss of Renault-Nissan discusses at length his escape, which was “The most difficult, the most perilous decision of (his) life”. So obviously, David Pujadas wanted to know more about the state of mind of the one who hid in a trunk to bypass security checks at the airport. “When you engage in a very high risk operation like this, you are not afraid "Carlos Ghosn told the camera, before explaining: "Fear haunts you as you prepare, as you weigh the pros and cons. All the time from when I left my apartment in Japan to when I landed in Beirut, I was like anesthetized. ”

To illustrate his point, Carlos Ghosn therefore made a comparison which is surprising to say the least: “It reminded me of a movie I saw when I was young, Midnight Express, did he declare. As a reminder, the feature film released in 1978 traces the story of an American tourist sentenced (wrongly) to life imprisonment in Turkey, in absolutely inhuman prison conditions, after being arrested with a large quantity of drugs in the airport. “I never thought I would have feelings like this ", continues Carlos Ghosn, thus evoking the feelings of the protagonist of the film. “That feeling, when you leave the place where you were imprisoned – in my case, I left with conviction, because I know I'm innocent, I know the plot I was the victim of – that sigh when arriving in Beirut was the only feeling I had ", finally concluded the fugitive.

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