Albert Dupontel’s former private mansion near Parc Monceau

Controversy surrounding a historic mansion

You have to go back a few years to understand the controversy that surrounded the Fortuny hotel, located a stone’s throw from Parc Monceau in Paris. The brick building belongs to the Île-de-France regional council, it covers 1,149 square meters and is classified as a Historic Monument. In 2017, we learned that Albert Dupontel’s production company, ADCB films, rented the entire space for 300 euros per week or 1,200 euros per month. The sum seems insignificant for such a surface area in the west of Paris. It is here that the French director would have shot and ensured the post-production of 9 months firm in 2012 then Goodbye up there between 2015 and 2017. In the daily Le Monde, we understand that the premises were used as offices without anyone having ever lived there: “We were looking for premises for the feature film 9 Mois Ferme. As we passed this building, we noticed that it was unoccupied. On the facade we read that it belonged to the regional council. We called the high school office, visited the premises and immediately signed an agreement exclusively for the preparation, filming, post-production and promotion of this film, from August 2012 to November 2013. No one ever lived there » says Catherine Bozorgan, producer associated with Albert Dupontel at ADCB Films. The team shot several scenes of the film in the private mansion and returned the premises at the end of the contract. The opportunity presents itself when the film Goodbye up there is in preparation, the premises remaining unoccupied.

What happened to the mansion?

Initially valued by France Domaine between 9.3 and 11.6 million euros, the mansion was then sold by the Île-de-France region to a private company. Transaction amount? 12 million euros, with the aim of installing a coworking space there. Currently, it is a start-up serving digital technology in the fields of digital, IT and communication which is established there. The building was designed in 1891 by architect Adrien-Paul Gouny in an eclectic architectural style. The references are plural, between the medieval period, the Renaissance and the 18th century. The architect nevertheless uses more contemporary techniques such as glazed ceramics and terracotta combined with polychromic brick.