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- ↑ AlloCine, Tapie (in French), retrieved 2023-12-06
- ↑ "'I deplore it': Bernard Tapie's family oppose Netflix series about tycoon". The Guadian.
- ↑ "Première image de Laurent Lafitte en Bernard Tapie pour Netflix". Premiere.fr (in French). 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
