12 May 2021
Mitterrand, président culturel
On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François Mitterand's election, a look back to the relationship between the President and artists, from admiration to manipulation.
Top Billed Cast
Olivier Jankovic Narrator (voice)
François Lacôte Self - TGV program manager, 1982-2000
Laurent Jarsalé Self - Vice-president, Grande Vitesse Alstom
David Goeres Self - Project director, TGV M
Éliane Allain Self - Aerodynamics engineer, SNCF
Murray Hughes Self - Consultant editor, Railway Gazette International
Clive Lamming Self - Historian
Jean-Marie Metzler Self - TGV project manager, 1976-1981
Jacques Cooper Self (archive footage)
Jean Bertin Self (archive footage)
Georges Pompidou Self (archive footage)
Christian Courtois Self - Honorary engineer, SNCF Réseau
François Mitterrand Self (archive footage)
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