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Moi, candidat

2017

A wry, talky parade of political veterans dissecting the theatre of campaigns, equal parts vanity, adrenaline and quiet resignation.

Overview
François Hollande, François Bayrou, Christiane Taubira, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Arlette Laguiller, Jean-Marie Le Pen... reveal the driving forces behind their strategies, recount their joys and doubts, and talk about the exhilaration of popular jubilation and the harshness of an exhausting marathon—the adrenaline, the staging, the blows that are dealt and received, the hopes of victory and, in the end, more often than not, defeat. Through the testimonies of eighteen former candidates, "big" and "small," who participated in the Elysée competition between 1969 and 2012, this documentary directed by Jean-Baptiste Péretié reveals the human and political comedy of the presidential elections, the great theater of the conquest of power.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • ambition
  • media
  • betrayal
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism10
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jean-Baptiste Péretié
Written by
Jean-Baptiste Péretié, Ludovic Vigogne
Starring
François Bayrou, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Olivier Besancenot, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Christine Boutin, François Hollande, Marie-George Buffet, Robert Hue
Country
France
Languages
French

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