Director of Bataclan terror attack drama rejects accusations of ‘indecency’

<p>Jean-Xavier de Lestrade defends decision to film mini-series inside Paris theatre where 130 people died in 2016</p><p>The Oscar-winning director of a TV mini-series about survivors of the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bataclan in Paris has rejected accusations his decision to film inside the theatre was “indecent”.</p><p>Jean-Xavier de Lestrade said the hostages on whose story the eight-part docudrama was based wanted their terrifying ordeal recreated inside the building and to film it elsewhere would have been “trickery”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/29/paris-bataclan-terror-attack-drama-director-rejects-accusations-of-indecency">Continue reading...</a>