2023-05-19 17:49:26
The release of the film Flo is scheduled for November 29 in theaters. Laura Poupon
A biopic on the sailor who disappeared in 2015 in a helicopter crash should see the light of day by the end of the year. But he is at the origin of a legal battle between the skipper’s family and the film crew.
« It’s a work of fiction, not a documentary about Florence Arthaud! », chants the film producer Flo, Manuel Munz on France Inter. The biopic would nevertheless disturb the family of the navigator, since it would convey, according to them, a « bad image » of the skipper who died in 2015.
The daughter of Florence Arthaud, Marie took the case to the Paris court in order to recover a copy of the script. But the court rejected his request, finding “ that none of the evidence produced confirms the fears it expresses of seeing “his mother’s life” in a degrading manner likely to affect his memory “, according to France Inter. The navigator’s brother, Hubert Arthaud, supports his niece. ” It’s a project that completely misses the magic of the character. The script I read, which is not up to par, is totally distorted. “, he laments at the microphone of BFM TV.
Flo is made by Geraldine Danon, friend of the skipper and wife of navigator Philippe Poupon. The filmmaker explains that she had a ” strong connection with Florence Arthaud. ” With Philippe, we met at the wedding of Florence, who was my son’s godmother. “. For his part, the navigator’s brother confided to France 3 that ” she was just a friend who came to the house from time to time, but no more than that. The idea of a film about the winner of the 1990 Route du Rhum is not new according to the director, but it is reading The sea and beyond of Yann Queffélec who changed the game. The author, awarded a Goncourt prize in 1985, pays tribute to his deceased friend.
Alcohol and parties
For those close to Florence Arthaud, the many scenes of alcohol and partying undermine the memory of the ” little bride from the Atlantic. » « It is above all a portrait of a woman in all its complexity with its share of shadow and light, defends the director in the columns of West France . It’s a very free adaptation because I wanted the film to always be from Florence’s point of view. »
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The film opens with the serious car accident suffered by the skipper while she was still a medical student. ” In the film, Florence drives, a bottle of rum in her hand. She is completely drunk and therefore, she causes this accident, when the reality is that she was in the back! “, details the brother of Florence, explaining that she did not drink” not a drop of alcohol ” during his studies. ” If she was seriously injured, it was because she was thrown out the rear window! The two passengers had their seatbelts on so they had nothing at all. And that’s it throughout the film, the dark side of Florence. “, he protests on France Inter. For Géraldine Danon, “ his brother was not in the car either. Afterwards, it’s still a film about my vision of Florence, it’s not a documentary. […] Florence was an epicurean, but not an alcoholic “, she explains to nice morning .
« There are those who speak and those who do »
« It is very delicate and hypocritical to attempt to commercially exploit the image and the story of my mother by making believe that it would be a question of paying homage to her when the promoters of this film project have none of the qualities required for this purpose, nor any legitimacy », Regrets Marie Arthaud in The Team . A commercial project according to her which is also making waves in the world of sailing. According to France Infothe skipper Olivier de Kersauson appears in spite of himself in Flo, as one of the navigator’s lovers. He would have tried, through his friend Gérard Depardieu, to disappear from the biopic, without success.
For his part, Marie Arthaud’s lawyer, Maître Emmanuel Molina, announced to France Inter that ” other actions are now being studied in an attempt to prohibit by all legal means the distribution of a film which aims to exploit the work and memory of a great sailor and a free woman. The director, whose film will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition, closes the debate in the face of Nice morning. « All that saddens me, the trial, we won it but the best response is the film, a great tribute to Florence Arthaud. Then there are those who speak and those who do. And it’s a shame to criticize a film that you haven’t seen. »
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