Documentary History TV Movie
"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…
Directed by
Jean-Michel Djian
Written by
Jean-Michel Djian
François Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Roland Dumas
Self
Pierre Bergé
Self
Jack Lang
Self
Laure Adler
Self
Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Self
Jean Daniel
Self
Robert Badinter
Self
Hubert Védrine
Self
André Rousselet
Self
Jean d'Ormesson
Self
Gilbert Mitterrand
Self
Anne Lauvergeon
Self
Pierre Péan
Self
Georges Kiejman
Self
Michel Charasse
Self
Claude Gubler
Self
Paulette Decraene
Self
Bernard Latarjet
Self
Marie-Josée Comte-Béalu
Self
Ida Barbarigo
Self
Marie de Hennezel
Self

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