

Overview
May 10th, 1981. François Mitterrand is elected President of the Republic. The “soviet tanks” supposedly coming upon the Champs-Élysées dressed in red, feared by some, did not march. Serge Moati takes a personal look at this episode, focusing on the relationship the president had with television, that he witnessed and played a role in.

Georges Pompidou
Self (archive footage)
Michel Bassi
Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Self (archive footage)

Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing
Self (archive footage)
Julien Besançon
Self (archive footage)
Christian Bernadac
Self (archive footage)

Jacques Chirac
Self (archive footage)

Alain Duhamel
Self (archive footage)