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1958: Those Who Said No (2018)

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.

  • Documentary
  • TV Movie
  • History

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Philippe SaadaPhilippe SaadaNarrator (voice)
  • Photo of Pierre PflimlinPierre PflimlinSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Raoul SalanRaoul SalanSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Jacques MassuJacques MassuSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Pierre JoxePierre JoxeSelf
  • Photo of Jean-François SirinelliJean-François SirinelliSelf
  • Photo of Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Pierre Mendès FrancePierre Mendès FranceSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Charles HernuCharles HernuSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Édouard DaladierÉdouard DaladierSelf (archive footage)

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