
Released
"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…
Keywords
dying and death
france
politics
dying man
death
portrait
archive footage
troubled past
1990s
metaphysical
Casts

François Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)

Robert Badinter
Self

Anne Lauvergeon
Self

Jack Lang
Self

Michel Charasse
Self

Jean Daniel
Self
Claude Gubler
Self

Paulette Decraene
Self

Laure Adler
Self

Hubert Védrine
Self

Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Self

Erik Orsenna
Self

Bernard Latarjet
Self

Pierre Bergé
Self
Marie-Josée Comte-Béalu
Self

Mazarine Pingeot
Self

Pierre Péan
Self

Roland Dumas
Self

Jean d'Ormesson
Self

Georges Kiejman
Self

Gilbert Mitterrand
Self

Ida Barbarigo
Self

Marie de Hennezel
Self

André Rousselet
Self
Crews
Michel Lesaffre
Sound
Morgan Le Pivert
Editor
Magali Boccaccio
Production Director

Jean-Michel Djian
Writer
Xavier Griette
Sound

Jean-Michel Djian
Director
Sophie De Zorzi
Makeup Artist
Guillaume Solignat
Sound Editor
Caroline Blache
Documentation & Support
Magali Pacher
Assistant Editor
Alexandra Lemoine
Makeup Artist
Simonetta Di Fresco
Executive Producer

Katell Djian
Camera Operator
Nicolas Duchêne
Camera Operator
Patrick Morgenthaler
Original Music Composer
Gaëlle Bertoletti
Makeup Artist
Malika Belouni
Title Graphics
Guillaume Effler
Musician
Rita Lourdemarianadin
Post Producer
Christophe Sarlin
Sound Recordist
Enrico Lenarduzzi
Executive Producer
Guillaume Solignat
Sound Mixer
Daniel Ricard
Post Producer
Patrick Morgenthaler
Musician
Xavier Cobo
Musician
Virginie Guibbaud
Executive Producer
Enrico Ballarin
Executive Producer
Philippe Andron
Grip
Rémi Berge
Color Grading
Backdrops & Posters

