Ariel Zeitoun to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Paris
Last updated on March 31, 2025

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

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Sad news for Zeitoun fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for Masked Mobsters, Bimboland or Navel of the World, will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 75, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 31/03/2025 : 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-producer 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.

#ThankYouAriel

For a little while on Sunday evening, #ThankYouAriel 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.