Overview

• Charlotte Gainsbourg is set to play lawyer and feminist icon Gisèle Halimi in Gisèle, a biopic in production for a planned 2026 release.
• A petition launched by Jean-Marc Nauts calls the choice a “falsified incarnation” and had a little over one thousand signatures at the time of reporting.
• Gainsbourg recently signed a Le Figaro tribune urging President Emmanuel Macron not to recognize a Palestinian state without preconditions, including the release of hostages and the dismantling of Hamas.
• The petition is addressed to the film’s producers and to directors Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller, with online criticism amplified by public figures such as Rima Hassan and Caroline Mecary.
• The film focuses on the 1972 Bobigny abortion case central to Halimi’s legacy, which also includes documented support for Palestinian causes and advocacy for Marwan Barghouti.