François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

In the summer of 1963, François Mitterrand was going through a deep existential crisis. His political career was at a standstill and, after 19 years of marriage, the couple had grown apart. It was at this point that François Mitterrand met the woman who was to give new meaning to his life. Anne Pingeot, aged 19, was to become the companion of a lifetime, a woman who would be with him throughout his rise to power and who would remain by his side until his last breath. For the first time, Anne Pingeot has agreed to allow the fragments of this passionate love story — hundreds of letters and a diary — to be shown on television, before being donated to the National Library.

Director: Hugues Nancy

Cast

Chloé Réjon

Narrator (voice)

Didier Sandre

Narrator (voice)

François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

Danielle Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

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Pierre Pingeot

Self (archive footage)

André Rousselet

Self (archive footage)

Dionne Warwick

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)