Luc Besson dismissed his complaint for defamation against the screenwriter of the film Eiffel. The novelist had affirmed in a book and various media that Luc Besson had wanted to appropriate her scenario.
It was ultimately not him who directed the film released in 2021 with Romain Duris and Emma Mackey in the main roles, but Martin Bourboulon. The feature film tells the passionate story between engineer Gustave Eiffal and a young woman named Adrienne Bourgès.