

10/05/2011
"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…

François Mitterrand
as Self (archive footage)

Robert Badinter
as Self

Anne Lauvergeon
as Self

Jack Lang
as Self

Michel Charasse
as Self

Jean Daniel
as Self

Claude Gubler
as Self

Paulette Decraene
as Self

Laure Adler
as Self

Hubert Védrine
as Self

Franz-Olivier Giesbert
as Self

Erik Orsenna
as Self

Bernard Latarjet
as Self

Pierre Bergé
as Self

Marie-Josée Comte-Béalu
as Self

Mazarine Pingeot
as Self

Pierre Péan
as Self

Roland Dumas
as Self

Jean d'Ormesson
as Self

Georges Kiejman
as Self

Gilbert Mitterrand
as Self

Ida Barbarigo
as Self

Marie de Hennezel
as Self

André Rousselet
as Self
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