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Category:
History & Current Affairs

Keywords:
Politics, modern history


Producer(s): POINT DU JOUR

Coproducer(s)/co-financing:
INA, LCP Asssemblée nationale

Length:  2x52

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: International

Nationality: France

Year: 2010

Rights: TV, worldwide

Support(s):  SD – Digital 16/9

Program available
by ADAV

THEY WERE MEANT TO GO FAR

Director(s): Alberto MARQUARDT – Writer(s): Benjamin STORA, Hélène CONSTANTY, Alberto MARQUARDT   Contact Contact   Download Print page

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They had nothing in common and yet, whether they were left or right, they were of the same generation. The ‘young wolves’ born into politics after May ’68...
They were not part of the elite or nobility - they brought a fresh wind into French politics: Patrick Devedjian, Julien Dray, Patrick Balkany or Jean- Christophe Cambadélis...
They knew exactly how to work the media and their political career. Some owed theirs to Mitterrand, others to Sarkozy; and others again had been preparing the probable presidential campaign of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
A few more are still waiting for their turn…

AVAILABLE FOR SCREENING: French version only
1st button: part 1
2nd button: part 2

THE FRENCH PRESS:
The film is based on interviews and archives to trace the destiny of this "generation that came into politics after 68". And offers the viewer the delightful spectacle of an 18-year-old Brice Hortefeux still with hair; Roger Karoutchi with sideburns or a bearded Julien Dray chewing gum. ... "- Sophie Lherm (Télérama 16/02/2011)
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