Release Date | 2011-05-10 |
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Runtime | 0 minutes |
Genres | Documentary, History, TV Movie |
Stars | François Mitterrand, Robert Badinter, Anne Lauvergeon, Jack Lang, Michel Charasse |
Directors | Jean-Michel Djian, Morgan Le Pivert, Magali Boccaccio, Jean-Michel Djian, Xavier Griette |
"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…