Jean Becker to announce shock retirement?
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Sad news for Becker fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for Elisa or One Deadly Summer, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 91, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 17/04/2025 : 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-actor 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.
#ThankYouJean
For a little while on Wednesday evening, #ThankYouJean 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.
“Jean Becker was unlike any other director we’ve ever seen! #ThankYouJean”
— @universalObserver, 16 Apr 2025
“Didn't Jean Becker retire about 3 years ago?”
— @samy2love, 16 Apr 2025
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