Moi, candidat (2017)
François Hollande, François Bayrou, Christiane Taubira, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Arlette Laguiller, Jean-Marie Le Pen... reveal the driving forces behind their strategies, recount their joys and doubts, and talk about the exhilaration of popular jubilation and the harshness of an exhausting marathon—the adrenaline, the staging, the blows that are dealt and received, the hopes of victory and, in the end, more often than not, defeat. Through the testimonies of eighteen former candidates, "big" and "small," who participated in the Elysée competition between 1969 and 2012, this documentary directed by Jean-Baptiste Péretié reveals the human and political comedy of the presidential elections, the great theater of the conquest of power.
Director: Jean-Baptiste Péretié
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François Bayrou as Self |
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan as Self |
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Olivier Besancenot as Self |
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing as Self |
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Christine Boutin as Self |
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François Hollande as Self |
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Marie-George Buffet as Self |
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Robert Hue as Self |
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Eva Joly as Self |
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon as Self |
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Alain Krivine as Self |
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Philippe Poutou as Self |
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Arlette Laguiller as Self |
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Jean Saint-Josse as Self |
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Jean-Marie Le Pen as Self |
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Christiane Taubira as Self |
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Noël Mamère as Self |
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Dominique Voynet as Self |
| Directing | Jean-Baptiste Péretié | Director |
| Writing | Jean-Baptiste Péretié | Writer |
| Writing | Ludovic Vigogne | Writer |