The Last Mitterrand (2005) ( Le Promeneur du champ de Mars ) ( Le Dernier Mitterrand )

The Last Mitterrand (2005) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Promeneur du champ de Mars
Alternate Title: Le Dernier Mitterrand
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Robert Guédiguian

Written By:
Robert Guédiguian
Georges-Marc Benamou

Actors:
Michel Bouquet ..... Le Président
Jalil Lespert ..... Antoine Moreau
Philippe Fretun ..... Docteur Jeantot
Anne Cantineau ..... Jeanne
Sarah Grappin ..... Judith
Catherine Salviat ..... Mado, la mère de Jeanne
Jean-Claude Frissung ..... René, le père de Jeanne
Philippe Le Mercier ..... Fleury, le garde du corps (as Philippe Lemercier)
Serge Kribus ..... Riou, le chauffeur
Jean-Claude Bourbault ..... Le libraire
Grégoire Oestermann ..... Garland
Philippe Lehembre ..... Chazelles
Istvan Van Heuverzwyn ..... Deletraz
Béatrice Bruno ..... Thérèse Manicourt
Rémy Darcy ..... Ladrière

Synopsis:

French director Robert Guédiguian leaves behind his beloved Marseilles to offer up this sombre and ambivalent portrait of the late President Francois Mitterrand, who's superbly played by veteran actor Michel Bouquet. Based on Georges-Marc Benamou's controversial book and shot without frills, The Last Mitterrand focusses on the final year of the socialist politician's life and is narrated by a young left-wing journalist Antoine (Jalil Lespert), who's been hired to write the man's memoirs.

The dialogue-heavy The Last Mitterrand does assume a certain degree of knowledge of 20th-century French politics on the part of the viewer, alluding to such figures as police chiefs Rene Bosquet and Maurice Papon, both of whom were instrumental in deporting French Jews to the Nazi concentration camps.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 16 May, 2021.