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.
Director: Philippe Saada
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Philippe Saada as Narrator (voice) |
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Pierre Pflimlin as Self (archive footage) |
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Raoul Salan as Self (archive footage) |
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Jacques Massu as Self (archive footage) |
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Pierre Joxe as Self |
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Jean-François Sirinelli as Self |
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Charles de Gaulle as Self (archive footage) |
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Pierre Mendès France as Self (archive footage) |
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Charles Hernu as Self (archive footage) |
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Édouard Daladier as Self (archive footage) |
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Anicet Le Pors as Self |
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François Mitterrand as Self (archive footage) |
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Michel Debré as Self (archive footage) |
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Antoine Pinay as Self (archive footage) |
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Guy Mollet as Self (archive footage) |
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André Malraux as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean-Louis Debré as Self |
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny as Self (archive footage) |
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Claude Bourdet as Self (archive footage) |
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René Coty as Self (archive footage) |
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Fernandel as Self (archive footage) |
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Yves Montand as Self (archive footage) |
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Jacques Duclos as Self (archive footage) |
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Paul Reynaud as Self (archive footage) |
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Waldeck Rochet as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Philippe Saada | Director |
| Writing | Philippe Saada | Writer |
| Production | Olivier de Bannes | Producer |
| Editing | Liza Ignazi | Editor |
| Camera | Thomas Tatoueix | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Florent Bonnet | Sound |
| Production | Claire Mainfroy | Production Manager |
| Production | Sophie Da Costa | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Baptiste Teyssendier de la Serve | Production Intern |
| Production | Yorick Leroux | Development Manager |
| Sound | Florent Bonnet | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Florent Bonnet | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Léo Besset | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Bertrand Manzano | Color Grading |
| Editing | Daniel Santini | Color Grading |
| Art | Camille Bitaud | Graphic Designer |
| Production | Philippe Fontenoy | Post Producer |
| Production | Céline Kazandjian | Post Producer |
| Production | Christine Sumi | Post Producer |
| Sound | Patrick Veres | Music |
| Sound | Régis Bouaziz | Music |
