Élie Chouraqui to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Paris
Last updated on April 22, 2025

Chouraqui created a stir on Monday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Chouraqui fans. Speculation had been rife that the French producer best known for The Groundhogs or Love Songs, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 74, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 22/04/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Being a producer isn't fun anymore

“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a producer-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.

#ThankYouÉlie

For a little while on Monday evening, #ThankYouÉlie 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.