Zemmour campaign clip: Truffaut's daughters denounce "the violation of his moral right"

François Truffaut's beneficiaries mix their voice with the media and personalities, wrathing the use of their image in the entrance clip in the campaign of Eric Zemmour.

The daughters of François Truffaut thus informs this Saturday in a press release that they "denounce the wild use of cinematographic extracts in defiance of the moral law of which they are the guardians. In his campaign clip broadcast on November 30, 2021, Mr. Eric Zemmour believed himself authorized to use, among other things, images extracted from the film To Bout de Boune by Jean-Luc Godard on an original idea of François Truffaut ".

"Exact opposite of Zemmour"

Their lawyers François Zimeray and Jessica Finelle believe that "the attack on moral law attached to the work is a form of desecration all the more disrespectful than Truffaut, the exact opposite of Zemmour, loved people in their variety andFor their weaknesses, he expressed a generous and tender vision of humanity. "

The beneficiaries of François Truffaut, like before them, Luc Besson, Laeticia Hallyday, the nephew of singer Barbara ask the candidate "to immediately cease the illegal use of the film's extract".

"They reserve the right to give this situation all the consequences it calls," concludes the press release.

Wednesday, it was the nephew of the singer Barbara who, speaking on the set of BFMTV envisaged such suites, indicating:

Image law

The campaign clip of Eric Zemmour, long litany of references to fantasized France of the candidate, thus summons, pell-mell, Jeanne d'Arc (with an image of the film by Luc Besson), Jean-Paul Belmondo (in the filmOut of breath), Johnny Hallyday, Barbara, Georges Brassens, Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot ... He notably contains extracts from several films produced by La Gaumont, which issued a communiqé on November 30, doing by his "stupefaction".

Laeticia Hallyday, widow of Johnny, said on Wednesday: "I asked my lawyer to start prosecution (...) I was shocked and I think I am not the only one.. Respect the right to image, and denounce this abuse. "

If the team of Eric Zemmour advances the "right of short quotation", to protect himself against possible proceedings for violation of copyright, the right to the image of the people is here flouted, according to a law professorSpecialized in the field, contacted by BFMTV, November 30.

YouTube, who broadcasts Eric Zemmour's clip also announced Thursday that it has received numerous reports and prohibits its access to minor Internet users.