TV series

François Mitterrand : le roman du pouvoir

2000 · 1 season

A dense, talky documentary that asks you to sift competing memories and piece together a slippery political life.

Overview: Jean Lacouture and Patrick Rotman interview the witnesses of François Mitterrand's life. Their testimonies, which both complement and contradict each other, write the story of a life: the youth, the Vichy regime and the Resistance during the Second World War, the Fifth Republic and the Algerian war, the conquest of the Elysée, the backstage of power and the secrets of a president.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, cynical and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, power, memory, deception
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
power
memory
deception
ambition
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
ensemble
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild