Mitterrand, the impossible legacy

“I am the last of the great Presidents. After me, there will be no more ..." said François Mitterrand at the end of his life. What legacy left the first socialist president of the Fifth Republic? Documentary filmmaker Bertrand Delais and a host of French intellectuals such as Laurent Fabius, Hubert Védrine, Julien Dray, Dominique Bertinotti, Jean-Pierre Chevènement and Bruno Roger-Petit take a look into what that means.

• Bertrand DelaisDirector

• Dominique Chagnollaudself
• Jean-Pierre Chevènementself
• Gérard Coléself
• Julien Drayself
• Alain Duhamelself
• Eric Dupinself
• Laurent Fabiusself
• François Hollandeself
• Didier Mathusself
• François MitterrandSelf (archive footage)
• Bruno Roger-Petitself
• Ségolène Royalself