Netflix continues to stir up the sauce around the biopic series of Bernard Tapie, which will be released in September. The family of the historic president of OM awaits the director at the turn.
Voluntarily or not, the next Netflix documentary on the life of Bernard Tapie continues to make a lot of noise. The American company decided to make a fiction of the life of Bernard Tapie, in spite of the will of the family and the “Boss” in person not to see this series being carried out. But nothing can prevent you from making a fiction about a character of your choice. And the fact that the “betrayal” comes from Tristan Séguala, a friend of the family, only exacerbates the tensions around this opus. The proof last April, when the Scotts Valley company had highlighted the “scammer” side of Bernard Tapie to promote his series, and that it had earned an indignant reaction from the family of the former president of the ‘OM, to the point of removing this adjective from the description.
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Bernard Tapie. The man. The myth. The dream.
Laurent Lafitte embodies the businessman in the TAPIE mini-series inspired by his life. September 13. pic.twitter.com/ZeEYTdyj8V
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Things have not calmed down since, especially with the first images of the biopic unveiled this Thursday by Netflix. The reaction of Laurent Tapie, Bernard’s son, says a lot about the negative resentment of the “Boss” family. He confided this bitterness to France 3, and admits to waiting for September 13, the date of the announced release of the series, to give his final verdict. But the simple fact that the series sees the light of day disgusts him. ” The perception of the public is different from the perception of his family. The series will therefore necessarily resume clichés. Knowing that he had verbalized before his death that he was against this series… like what disrespect has no limits. I am all the more shocked that the series is on the initiative of Tristan Séguéla, a family friend of the Tapies for 40 years. It is unthinkable that we use the image and the notoriety, without him having a say “, delivered Laurent Tapie, who tried to oppose legally the realization of this series, without success. He now admits to waiting for September 13 to see what this series composed of 7 episodes will give.
