François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

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.

Cast for François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story...

Chloé Réjon
Narrator (voice)
Didier Sandre
Narrator (voice)
François Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Danielle Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Pingeot
Self (archive footage)
André Rousselet
Self (archive footage)
Dionne Warwick
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Mendès France
Self (archive footage)
Guy Mollet
Self (archive footage)
Waldeck Rochet
Self (archive footage)
Gaston Defferre
Self (archive footage)
Gilbert Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Jean Lecanuet
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Mauroy
Self (archive footage)
Léo Ferré
Self (archive footage)
François Laborde
Self (archive footage)
Philippe Harrouard
Self (archive footage)
Michel Piccoli
Self (archive footage)
Juliette Gréco
Self (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Self (archive footage)
Anne Pingeot
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Self (archive footage)
Mazarine Pingeot
Self (archive footage)