The production company Gaumont is currently working on writing a fiction about the First Lady.
Entitled, “Brigitte, a free woman”, it will be composed of 6 episodes of 45 minutes.
The project currently has neither a broadcaster nor a cast.
A fiction about the life of Brigitte Macron? This is not a joke. Gaumont announced that it had started writing a series dedicated to the First Lady. “Gaumont is developing a series called ‘Brigitte, a free woman’ in 6 episodes of 45 minutes”explained the production company in a press release.
The screenwriters Bénédicte Charles and Olivier Pouponneau, already co-authors of the series Mirage And I lied, were chosen to tell the story of Brigitte Macron’s rise, from her daily life as a teacher in Amiens to the meeting with her student, a certain Emmanuel Macron, who would take her to the Élysée Palace. Although no casting has been announced, Gaumont is still looking for a broadcaster.
Brigitte Macron is a fascinating character
Bénédicte Charles
“It’s a huge gamble”admits Bénédicte Charles in an interview with TV Mag. “We were initially a little blocked. We had to manage to take hold of the subject and free ourselves from it to offer a fiction. Brigitte Macron is a fascinating character, we wanted to approach her in a romantic, almost melodramatic way. , because of the romantic breath of his destiny”.
As for the Élysée, no comments have filtered through. “We are not associated with this project which we learned about today through the press”, we noted in the entourage of Emmanuel Macron’s wife, as reported by AFP. This is not the first time that a First Lady has inspired authors. Bernadette Chirac was the subject of a true-false biopic with Catherine Deneuve in the title role.
