Last Mitterrand, TheFrance
2004, 116min.
Script: Gilles Taurand, Georges-Marc Benamou, based on the book Le dernier Mitterrand by Georges-Marc Benamou, Dir.: Robert Guediguian, Dir. of Phot: Renato Berta, Prod. Design.: Michel Vandestien, Edit.:Bernard Sasia, Sound: Laurent Lafran, Prod.: Frank Le Vita.
Cast: Michel Bouqet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun, Anne Cantineau, Sarah Grappin, Catherine Salvia, Jean-Claude Frissung, Philippe Lemercier, Serge Kribus.
In this fictional cinematic version of the end of his political career, Fran?ois Mitterrand meets an ambitious young journalist named Antoine Moreau who draws the president, his face already marked by impending death, into a conversation that soon evolves into a major discourse on life, death, politics and morality. | Guediguian, Robert Robert Guédiguian born 1953, Marseilles.
Film durector, scriptwriter, the son of an Armenian father and German mother. He studied at the Social Sciences Department of Paris University. He has made films since 1980. He lives in Marseilles, a city that has always featured his films to date. His films were shown at many festivals. Marius and Jeannette won the Certain Regard Prize at Cannes IFF, the Delluc, Lumiere Prizes, the Grand Prix of IFF in Geneve, Figueira da Foz (Portugal), Hayfa (Israel), and Ariane Ascaride received Cesar for Best Actress. Marie-Jo and her two loves and Le promeneur du champ de Mars were participated in feature competition of Cannes and Berlin IFF. Michel Bouquet starring in Le promeneur du champ de Mars won the Best Actor Cesar.
Filmography
The Last Summer (Dernier été, Co-dir.: Frank Le Wita, 1981), Red Midday (Rouge midi, 1983), Ki lo sa? (1985), God Curses the Indefferents (Dieu vomit les tièdes, 1989), Money Makes Happiness (L' Argent fait le bonheur, 1993, TV), ‘Til Death Do Us Part (À la vie, à la mort!, 1995), Marius and Jeannette (Marius et Jeannette, 1997), Where the Heart Is (À la place du coeur, 1998), Charge! (À l'attaque!, 2000), The Town Is Quiet (La Ville est tranquille, 2000), Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (Marie-Jo et ses deux amours, 2002), My Father Is an Engineer (Mon père est ingénieur, 2004), Le Promeneur du champ de Mars (2005), Le Voyage en Arménie (2006).
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