Abdellatif Kechiche to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Paris
Last updated on August 11, 2025

Kechiche created a stir on Sunday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Kechiche fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Black Venus, The Secret of the Grain or Games of Love and Chance, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 64, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 11/08/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Being a director isn't fun anymore

“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-screenwriter-actor just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.

#ThankYouAbdellatif

For a little while on Sunday evening, #ThankYouAbdellatif was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.