This film which revolted a prestigious family says goodbye in streaming

Barely five months after going online on Prime Video, this biopic featuring one of the most popular singers in the United States will soon no longer be available on the streaming platform.

It was one of the most anticipated films of 2021. Released in November, the biopic House of Gucci takes place in the 1970s and returns to the meeting between Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) and Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), future owner of 50% of her family’s enormous fortune, specializing in luxury. Between the two, it was love at first sight. But their love is quickly put to the test when the patriarch of the Gucci clan does not take kindly to the arrival of this young woman, from modest circumstances. And the father was right since twenty years after their union, Patrizia Reggiani ordered the murder of her future ex-husband in order to receive a part of his inheritance before he remarried another woman. Almost two years after its theatrical release, Ridley Scott’s film landed last spring on Prime Video, to the delight of subscribers. But this happiness was short-lived since the biopic, which revolted the Gucci family, will not be no longer available after Sunday September 24.

“It’s extremely painful…“: the Gucci family revolted by Ridley Scott’s film

Shortly after the release of the film, the heirs of Aldo Gucci, the founder of the Italian luxury brand, published a press release in which they explained that they were “a little disconcerted” by the biopic House of Gucci. “The film’s production did not bother to consult the heirs before portraying Aldo Gucci – president of the company for 30 years – and members of the Gucci family as thugs, ignorant and insensitive to the world around them“The heirs also deplored the fact that Patrizia Reggiani was portrayed in the film.”like a victim” while she was behind the murder of Maurizio Gucci. “This is extremely painful from a human perspective and an insult to the legacy the brand is built on today“, we could read in a press release sent to the Italian press agency ANSA.

Patrizia Reggiani, the “black widow”, furious with Lady Gaga

For her part, Patrizia Reggiani, the woman behind the murder of her ex-husband, had criticized Lady Gaga, who plays her on screen, for not having contacted her before playing in House of Gucci. “I’m annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is portraying me in the new Ridley Scott film without even having the courtesy or common sense to come and meet me“, declared the one nicknamed the ‘black widow’. “It has nothing to do with money, because I won’t take a single penny from this movie. It’s a matter of common sense and respect. I think any good actor must first get to know the person he is supposed to portray“.

Article written in collaboration with 6Médias