Being Jacques Chirac (French: Dans la peau de Jacques Chirac) is a 2006 film by Karl Zero and Michel Royer. It has been produced by the same team which produced March of the Penguins.

Being Jacques Chirac
Poster
FrenchDans la peau de Jacques Chirac
Directed byMichel Royer
Karl Zero
Written byAhmed Hamidi
Michel Royer
Éric Zemmour
Karl Zero
Produced byYves Darondeau
Christophe Lioud
Emmanuel Priou
Karl Zero
StarringJacques Chirac (archive footage)
Didier Gustin
Edited byPascal Ryon
Music byLoïc Dury
Laurent Levesque
Distributed byRézo Films
Release date
  • May 31, 2006 (2006-05-31)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

It is a mockumentary which is a kind of unauthorized biography of Jacques Chirac, based on archival footage, and told at the first person (the voice of the French president is provided by imitator Didier Gustin). The main comic effect comes from the contradictions between the various speeches of the French President.

The title comes from the title of the French-language version of Being John Malkovich.[citation needed]

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References

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  1. ^ Leffler, Rebecca (February 25, 2007). "'Lady Catterley' tops French Cesar awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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