“The Billionaire, The Butler, and the Boyfriend” is a documentary directed by Baptiste Etchegaray and Maxime Bonnet.
Did you know that one million euros in five hundred euro bills is the size of a milk carton? The Bettencourt family knew this well because they paid for everything in cash.
Her father, the creator of the L’Oréal empire. Liliane, married to a minister during the time of Degaulle, suddenly met a photographer. They started spending time together, traveling… and she would give him lavish gifts amounting to a thousand million euros.
This is where the heiress, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, comes into play. She files a complaint and, as a result of the investigation, a series of intercepted communications unravels into a national scandal that implicates high institutions and political figures that, I assure you, we all know.
About the documentary
Entertaining and, of course, centered around money. “The Billionaire, The Butler, and the Boyfriend” is a documentary about money, ambition, and the lifestyle of the world’s richest. To give you an idea, if you can comprehend it, the fortune of the family heiress is estimated to be 86 trillion dollars.
This documentary revolves around astronomical figures and doesn’t hesitate to flaunt it, while also telling us the intricacies of this scandal within French high society, at least in terms of wealth.
It’s one of those documentaries that will provoke discussion, especially because it delves into the lives of these individuals and how they too experience loneliness and lose their sanity.
As Liliane Bettencourt herself said, once you reach a certain amount of money, people lose their minds.
Welcome to the world of the very, very rich and to a scandal that shook the country.
Release Date
November 8, 2023
