Question: who are the real upside characters?
Answer: 4 Phillippe's wife was alive when Abdel met him. 5 Abdel was childless. ...  6 Abdel also stole from his employer. ...  7 Abdel Sellou was an Algerian immigrant. ...  8 Philippe and his first wife adopted two children. ...  9 Philippe was successful in the champagne industry. ...  10 The real-life Philippe was descended from French aristocrats. ...