Jacques Audiard to announce shock retirement?

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

Sad news for Audiard fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for Rust and Bone, A Prophet, The Beat That My Heart Skipped or A Self-Made Hero, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 72, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 02/11/2024 : 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.

#ThankYouJacques

For a little while on Friday evening, #ThankYouJacques 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.

“Jacques Audiard was unlike any other director we’ve ever seen! #ThankYouJacques”
— @universalObserver, 1 Nov 2024
“Didn't Jacques Audiard retire about 3 years ago?”
— @samy2love, 1 Nov 2024

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