François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996 (2011)
May 10, 2011
Documentary, History, TV Movie
0m
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"What could be more unsettling than a man close to death whose profound arrogance drives him relentlessly to hang onto both his power and his writing, to the bitter end?" In the twilight of his second seven-year term, François Mitterrand was alone. Ravaged by illness and abandoned by a large majority of the Socialist Party, who would not forgive him for the disastrous outcome of the March 1993 elections, the Head of State was preparing to tackle a second round of cohabitation with the right wing. However a series of unexpected tragedies and revelations would arise, casting a shadow over the end of his reign…
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Jean-Michel Djian
- Self (archive footage) François Mitterrand
- Self Robert Badinter
- Self Anne Lauvergeon
- Self Jack Lang
- Self Michel Charasse
- Self Jean Daniel
- Self Paulette Decraene
- Self Laure Adler
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Keywords
- dying and death
- france
- politics
- dying man
- death
- portrait
- archive footage
- troubled past
- 1990s
- metaphysical