1958: Those Who Said No
2018•55m•8.0•Released
DocumentaryTV MovieHistory
On October 4, 2018, France celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic. It is a republic born in the throes of the Algerian War and one which—from the day it was founded by General de Gaulle until the presidency of a very Jupiterian Emmanuel Macron—has been assailed as a “Republican monarchy” by partisans of a more assertive parliamentarian state. By revisiting the struggle of those who dared oppose the new regime — only to suffer a crushing defeat on September 28, 1958, when they were barely able to garner 20% of the vote against the constitutional text — this film shines a powerful new light on the origins of the Fifth Republic and its consequences for the next 60 years. It is a constitutional debate that planted the seeds for a complete upheaval of the French political landscape, on the left in particular, and set the country in motion toward what would be called the Union of the Left.
Director
Philippe Saada
Writer
Philippe Saada
Languages
French
Studio
O2B Films
Cast
Philippe Saada
Narrator (voice)
Pierre Pflimlin
Self (archive footage)
Raoul Salan
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Massu
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Joxe
Self
Jean-François Sirinelli
Self
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Mendès France
Self (archive footage)
Charles Hernu
Self (archive footage)
Édouard Daladier
Self (archive footage)
Anicet Le Pors
Self
François Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Michel Debré
Self (archive footage)
Antoine Pinay
Self (archive footage)
Guy Mollet
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
O2B Films
Company
Public Sénat
Company
Toute L'Histoire
Producer
Olivier de Bannes
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