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Status
Released
Release
2025
Runtime
0m
How did François Hollande, elected President of the Republic in 2012, who had never been a minister before and therefore had little experience in international relations, tackle major foreign policy issues when he became head of state? At the head of a country like France, a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a nuclear power, was he up to the challenges of what is known as presidential diplomacy? For the first time, a president of the Republic agrees to reveal what goes on behind the scenes, his personal relationships with his counterparts.
14 Cast Members
Yves Derai
Self : Narrator (voice)
François Hollande
Self : President of the French Republic (2012-2017)
Jacques Audibert
Self : Diplomatic Advisor to François Hollande (2014–2017)
Isabelle Lasserre
Self : Journalist at Le Figaro
David Revault d'Allonnes
Self : Editor-in-Chief of L'Hémicycle
Laurent Stefanini
Self : Chief of Protocol of the French Republic (2010-2016)
Évelyne Richard
Self : Press Officer for Official Trips (1969–2017)
Jean-Bernard Pinatel
Self : Brigadier General, Expert in African Affairs
Guillaume Gome
Self : Head Chef at the Élysée Palace (2013–2021)
Éric Ghebali
Self : Senior Executive Vice-President of Suez, Friend of François Hollande
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
Self : Climatologist, Former Vice-Chair of the IPCC
Al Gore
Self : Former Vice President of the United States (archive footage)
Bertrand Besancenot
Self : French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2007–2016)
Donald Trump
Self : President of the United States of America (2017-2021) (archive footage)
