France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron to Be Subject of Biopic Series From Gaumont
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, will be the subject of a biopic series produced by French mini-major Gaumont.
The six-part show is being penned by Bénédicte Charles and Olivier Pouponneau, who previously teamed on the thriller series “J’ai menti.” Titled “Brigitte, une femme libre” (“Brigitte, a free woman”), the series will chart the life of French President Emmanuel Macron‘s wife.
Gaumont is keeping the plot of the show under wraps and will be announcing the cast in the next few weeks. Brigitte Macron’s life story surely provides plenty of material for a TV series.
She met Emmanuel Macron while teaching theater at the Catholic high school Providence in Amiens. Macron was then 15 years old, while she was 40 and married with three children.
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