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1958: Those Who Said No

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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.

Release Date : 2018-10-06

Language :French

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Status : Released

Production Company : O2B FilmsPublic SénatToute L'Histoire

Production Country : France

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Philippe Saada

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Pierre Pflimlin

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Raoul Salan

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Jacques Massu

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Pierre Joxe

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Jean-François Sirinelli

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Charles de Gaulle

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Pierre Mendès France

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Charles Hernu

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Édouard Daladier

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Anicet Le Pors

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François Mitterrand

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Michel Debré

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Antoine Pinay

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Guy Mollet

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André Malraux

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Jean-Louis Debré

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Félix Houphouët-Boigny

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Claude Bourdet

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René Coty

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Fernandel

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Yves Montand

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Jacques Duclos

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Paul Reynaud

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Waldeck Rochet

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