Isabelle Huppert is the richest woman in the world for Thierry Klifa

This film on Liliane Bettencourt, with also Marina Foïs and Laurent Lafitte, will be presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

The former journalist who has become a director will unveil his new feature film, The richest woman in the world,, out-of-competition in Cannes. Thierry Klifa revisit The Bettencourt affair with Isabelle Huppert Who embodies the main character, a fictitious version of Liliane Bettencourt. He will be released in the cinema on October 29, 2025.

The richest woman in the world is surely inspired by the Bettencourt affair, but with some freedoms. The new feature by Thierry Klifa focuses more on the intimate life of this woman and on the duo she formed with François-Marie Barnier. Marianne Farrère (Isabelle Huppert), owner of the Windler group, is the richest woman in the world. She meets a writer and photographer, Pierre-Alain Fantin (Laurent Lafitte), with whom she maintains a loving friendship that perplexes the family of the billionaire: his butler (Raphaël Personnaz) but also her heiress, Frédérique Spielman (Marina Foïs).

“”Working with Isabelle Huppert will remain one of the greatest memories of my life“Said the director last March, on his Instagram account.” His requirement. Its depth. His enthusiasm. The singularity of her game. Her beauty. Its ability to embody. His cheerfulness too. All. I liked everything. Every morning I found her in her dressing room around 6 a.m. Joyful. We discussed the day. Rushes from the day before. She wondered. Questioned. Not the genre to work in genius. What was Marianne what was it going to look like? And the shooting was starting. I have never seen her complain, rename, give up. The work plan was tight. We exceeded. Not a sigh or an upset look. Voluntary. We didn’t let go. Like a pact between us. And the miracle, each time, constantly renewed (…) “.

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