Cédric Klapisch to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Paris
Last updated on August 16, 2025

Klapisch created a stir on Friday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Klapisch fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for The Spanish Apartment, Family Resemblances or Good Old Daze, will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 63, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 16/08/2025 : 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-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.

#ThankYouCédric

For a little while on Friday evening, #ThankYouCédric 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.