François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

The story

In the summer of 1963, François Mitterrand was going through a deep existential crisis. His political career was at a standstill and, after 19 years of marriage, the couple had grown apart. It was at this point that François Mitterrand met the woman who was to give new meaning to his life. Anne Pingeot, aged 19, was to become the companion of a lifetime, a woman who would be with him throughout his rise to power and who would remain by his side until his last breath. For the first time, Anne Pingeot has agreed to allow the fragments of this passionate love story — hundreds of letters and a diary — to be shown on television, before being donated to the National Library.

Cast

C Chloé RéjonNarrator (voice) D Didier SandreNarrator (voice) F François MitterrandSelf (archive footage) D Danielle MitterrandSelf (archive footage) P Pierre PingeotSelf (archive footage) A André RousseletSelf (archive footage) D Dionne WarwickSelf (archive footage) C Charles de GaulleSelf (archive footage) P Pierre Mendès FranceSelf (archive footage) G Guy MolletSelf (archive footage) W Waldeck RochetSelf (archive footage) G Gaston DefferreSelf (archive footage)

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G Gilbert MitterrandSelf (archive footage) J Jean-Christophe MitterrandSelf (archive footage) J Jean LecanuetSelf (archive footage) P Pierre MauroySelf (archive footage) L Léo FerréSelf (archive footage) F François LabordeSelf (archive footage) P Philippe HarrouardSelf (archive footage) M Michel PiccoliSelf (archive footage) J Juliette GrécoSelf (archive footage) V Valéry Giscard d'EstaingSelf (archive footage) A Anne PingeotSelf (archive footage) J Jean-Pierre ElkabbachSelf (archive footage) M Mazarine PingeotSelf (archive footage)