The war ax buried between Pascal Bishop and Elie Chouraqui? The desire, at least, to turn the page. “It’s a retirement, we have renounced the call,” said Charles Morel, lawyer for the director and director and co -author of the musical brochure The ten commandmentsElie Chouraqui, indicates The informed This Monday, July 1.
In the case that has opposed him for almost twenty years to Pascal Bishop, composer of Ten commandmentsElie Chouraqui had taken justice in 2023 for “falsification”, “Parasitism “and” unfair competition. “Then requested the cancellation of the show created by the singer, The ten commandments – the desire to loveand 352,000 euros in damages, saying that he resumed elements of the old man without his river below.
But the filmmaker and the director had been dismissed in the first instance and “ordered to pay 10,000 euros for having denied the project in the press and 25,000 euros in legal costs,” he recalls the informed. Elie Chouraqui then appealed and requested that “his sentence would be executed before the court.”
“Move on”
Problem “Elie Chouraqui’s lawyer sent her conclusions to the registration three days after the time limit,” said the informed. Conturbed by Albert Cohen, co -producer of the original program and a part interested in this new version through the commission of his company, the Court canceled, therefore, the call of Elie Chouraqui for reasons on April 9, 2025. But according to the informed, this delay was deliberate: “Elie Chouraqui did not want to continue, he wanted to move,” justified the director of the director.
“They communicated a lot, they went to television on the radio, used social networks, to finally fail throughout the line, said Jean-Marie Guilloux, lawyer of Albert Cohen and his producer. Was it worth it? It was finally a lot of noise for nothing.”
At that time, Albert Cohen had assured in the columns of Parisian That the new program was “completely new” and “had absolutely nothing to do with the original 2000 version.” Therefore, Pascal Bishop’s show may continue its tour in France in November 2025.
As a reminder, The ten commandmentsMusical comedy written by Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao, composed of Pascal Bishop, and choreographed by Kamel Ouali, was played for the first time in the Sports Palace in Paris in October 2000. He had experienced a strong impact, with 1.8 million spectators in France and 1.6 million albums sold. Some tubes, such as The desire to love, The dilemma either The maximum penaltyThey remain in memories.
Source: BFM TV
