House of Gucci, the family lashes out against the film: “Inaccurate narration, we evaluate legal actions”

The unwritten law of biopics is that they are hardly ever liked by those directly involved, and House of Gucci is no exception. In fact, the Gucci family turned up their noses, announcing possible legal actions against the production for offering an approximate and inaccurate representation not only of the murder of Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) commissioned by his wife Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), but also of the portrait that Ridley Scott’s film offers of the family itself. To end up in the viewfinder, along with the “Indulgent tones towards a woman who, definitively convicted of having been the instigator of the murder of Maurizio Gucci, is portrayed as a victim who was trying to survive in a male and male-dominated corporate culture ”, was Scott’s portrait of the different members of the family.

«The Gucci family, in the descendants branch of Aldo Gucci, takes note of the release of the film House Of Gucci with bewilderment because, despite the work claiming to want to tell the “true story” of the family, the fears aroused by the trailers and interviews released so far are confirmed: the film conveys a narrative that is anything but accurate ». According to the descendants of Aldo Gucci, the production of the film “did not bother to consult the heirs before describing Aldo Gucci and the members of the Gucci family as thugs, ignorant insensitive to the world around them, attributing to the protagonists of the known events tones and attitudes that never belonged to them. This is extremely painful from a human point of view and an insult to the legacy on which the brand is built today ».

Even more disconcerting, we read in the letter sent by the family a few days after the release of the film in the United States, is the representation of Patrizia Reggiani, defined as “mystifying, bordering on paradox”. “In its 70-year history as a family business, Gucci has been an inclusive company. Indeed, in the 1980s there were several women who held top positions: whether they were family members or strangers to it, there are the president of Gucci America, the Head of Global PR & Communication, and a member of the board of directors of the company. Gucci America company “. Underlining how the Gucci family lives “honoring the work of its ancestors, whose memory does not deserve to be bothered to stage an untrue show and which does not do justice to its protagonists”, the descendants of Aldo Gucci “reserve every initiative to protect their name, image and dignity and their loved ones “.