1958: Those Who Said No

1958: Those Who Said No

2018 fr 55 minutes

Rating: 8

Plot

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.

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Cast

Philippe Saada

Philippe Saada

Narrator (voice)

Pierre Pflimlin

Pierre Pflimlin

Self (archive footage)

Raoul Salan

Raoul Salan

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Massu

Jacques Massu

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Joxe

Pierre Joxe

Self

Jean-François Sirinelli

Jean-François Sirinelli

Self

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Mendès France

Pierre Mendès France

Self (archive footage)

Charles Hernu

Charles Hernu

Self (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

Édouard Daladier

Self (archive footage)

Anicet Le Pors

Anicet Le Pors

Self

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

Michel Debré

Michel Debré

Self (archive footage)

Antoine Pinay

Antoine Pinay

Self (archive footage)

Guy Mollet

Guy Mollet

Self (archive footage)

André Malraux

André Malraux

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Louis Debré

Jean-Louis Debré

Self

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Self (archive footage)

Claude Bourdet

Claude Bourdet

Self (archive footage)

René Coty

René Coty

Self (archive footage)

Fernandel

Fernandel

Self (archive footage)

Yves Montand

Yves Montand

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duclos

Jacques Duclos

Self (archive footage)

Paul Reynaud

Paul Reynaud

Self (archive footage)

Waldeck Rochet

Waldeck Rochet

Self (archive footage)

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