François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
"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…
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Studio: Les Films d'Ici, Public Sénat, France Télévisions, INA
- Keyword: dying and death, france, politics, dying man, death, portrait, archive footage, troubled past, 1990s, metaphysical
- Cast: François Mitterrand, Robert Badinter, Anne Lauvergeon, Jack Lang, Michel Charasse, Jean Daniel
