Moi, candidat
Synopsis
François Hollande, François Bayrou, Christiane Taubira, ValĂ©ry Giscard d'Estaing, Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon, Arlette Laguiller, Jean-Marie Le Pen... reveal the driving forces behind their strategies, recount their joys and doubts, and talk about the exhilaration of popular jubilation and the harshness of an exhausting marathonâthe adrenaline, the staging, the blows that are dealt and received, the hopes of victory and, in the end, more often than not, defeat. Through the testimonies of eighteen former candidates, "big" and "small," who participated in the ElysĂ©e competition between 1969 and 2012, this documentary directed by Jean-Baptiste PĂ©retiĂ© reveals the human and political comedy of the presidential elections, the great theater of the conquest of power.
Where to watch
Not currently available to stream in United States.
