Finally. This is the name of the 51st film that Claude Lelouch is released this Wednesday. It could also be the conclusion of the sale of one of the filmmaker’s atypical properties. Because the octogenarian had a hankering for new projects, he decided to put up for sale an atypical piece of property. astonishing mansion he owns in Tourgéville, a few kilometers from Deauville, in the heart of the Normandy countryside (see map below).
If this house is astonishing, it is first and foremost because of its circular shape “so that the sun can always shine inside“explains Claude Lelouch (see slideshow in main illustration). It’s also because this lover of Normandy never lived there, but used it as a backdrop for his films. The building’s design is striking, and its surface area of 472 m² loi Carrez (550 m² of floor space) is impressive. That’s why Claude Lelouch wanted 7.5 million euros. But in reality, the man with some fifty films was prepared to scale back his ambitions. “If he receives an offer of between 5 and 6 million euros, he should accept it.“he told Figaro the real estate agent in charge of the sale. It was a lost cause.
Parisian retirees or investors?
Not seeing such an offer coming for a property set in 4 hectares, the filmmaker had to lower the price sharply and officially. The manor house, which Claude Lelouch had built in 2010, was then sold to a new owner. listed at 5.2 million euros. And this new proposal finally won over the buyer. The deal closed at nearly 4.9 million euros, according to DVF, Bercy’s database of recent real estate sales. Neither the network in charge of the sale nor the town hall would confirm this information. “The manor house was sold just over a year ago“confides to Figaro a connoisseur of the Normandy real estate market.
The profile of the buyer, on the other hand, has not been released. The real estate agent in charge of the transaction, who has worked with Claude Lelouch for the past ten years, had told the Figarothat the director had received offers “quite interesting” coming from “Parisian retirees with ties to Normandy, since they own at least one property there and plan to turn the manor house into a family home to give it a second life.“If this is the case, work may be needed to make the house more functional – as several visitors, disappointed by its configuration, had pointed out – and more suitable for a family.
Investors (developers, real estate agents, etc.) were also interested, but backed out due to an unfavorable local urban planning plan, according to the real estate agent. The 4-hectare plot of land on which the manor house stands is no longer suitable for building, and would not allow it to be cut up to build several more houses.