The Arnaz children both appear in Poehler’s documentary and serve as executive producers on Being the Ricardos. And now, this week, a new documentary about the coupe, directed by Amy Poehler, Lucy and Desi, is being released on Amazon. It was dramatized in the Aaron Sorkin film Being the Ricardos, which takes place behind the scenes of I Love Lucy during one particularly eventful week, and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Their real children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., grew up in the spotlight - and sometimes onscreen, too.īall and Arnaz’s relationship is having a major cultural moment. On the show, married couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz played a pair of married characters, and in one particularly memorable episode, Lucy even “gave birth” shortly before giving birth in real life. The line between truth and fiction was often blurred on the iconic 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy.