Claude Zidi to announce shock retirement?
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Sad news for Zidi fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, My New Partner or The Under-Gifted, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 90, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 05/05/2025 : 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 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.
#ThankYouClaude
For a little while on Sunday evening, #ThankYouClaude 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.
“Claude Zidi was unlike any other director we’ve ever seen! #ThankYouClaude”
— @universalObserver, 4 May 2025
“Zidi wasn't retired?”
— @borisB0, 4 May 2025
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