Élie Chouraqui to announce shock retirement?
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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 29/06/2025 : 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 Saturday 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.
“Élie Chouraqui was unlike any other producer we’ve ever seen! #ThankYouÉlie”
— @universalObserver, 28 Jun 2025
“I thought Élie Chouraqui retired about 5 years ago?!?”
— @millythom, 28 Jun 2025
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