1958: Those Who Said No

1958: Those Who Said No

55 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Oct. 6, 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.

1958: Those Who Said No

55 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Oct. 6, 2018

1958: Those Who Said No
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.
Producers Public Sénat, O2B Films, Toute L'Historie
Original title 1958, ceux qui ont dit non
Directors Philippe Saada
Writers Philippe Saada

Cast

Philippe Saada

as Narrator (voice)

Pierre Pflimlin

as Self (archive footage)

Raoul Salan

as Self (archive footage)

Jacques Massu

as Self (archive footage)

Pierre Joxe

as Self

Charles de Gaulle

as Self (archive footage)

Pierre Mendès France

as Self (archive footage)

Charles Hernu

as Self (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

as Self (archive footage)

Anicet Le Pors

as Self

François Mitterrand

as Self (archive footage)

Michel Debré

as Self (archive footage)

Antoine Pinay

as Self (archive footage)

Guy Mollet

as Self (archive footage)

André Malraux

as Self (archive footage)

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

as Self (archive footage)

Claude Bourdet

as Self (archive footage)

René Coty

as Self (archive footage)

Fernandel

as Self (archive footage)

Yves Montand

as Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duclos

as Self (archive footage)

Paul Reynaud

as Self (archive footage)

Waldeck Rochet

as Self (archive footage)