President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing featured in Raymond Depardon’s long-censored documentary for the 50th anniversary of his election

According to a press release from the channel, Raymond Depardon “underlines the romantic personality of this man with an exceptional destiny”, with whom François Mitterrand’s nephew had established a friendship.

A Minister of the Economy launches a campaign “American style” and delights the Élysée: France Télévisions is honoring Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (VGE) for the 50th anniversary of his election, on May 19, with the rebroadcast of Raymond Depardon’s documentary.

1974, a campaign game will be on the menu on France 5 in the first part of the evening, as well as on the france.tv platform. The documentary film will follow Giscard, from you to me – Confidences of a president by Gabriel Le Bomin, on the highlights of his political life, from the liberalization of abortion to the intimate story of his defeat in 1981 against François Mitterrand.

A “modern” character

“French people of all generations will be able to discover, or remember, the exceptional destiny, personality, political struggles and key reforms of the third president of the Fifth Republic.“, died in 2020, argues France Télévisions, Monday April 29, in a press release.

Raymond Depardon had gone behind the scenes between the two rounds of the presidential election by filming, without restriction, the daily life of VGE, a unique format at the time. Censored for a long time, the film was finally released in 2002.

Giscard was a character “modern” And “a little intriguing“, who has “breaks down a barrier” in French politics, the documentary maker told AFP in 2020.

For its part, LCP will rebroadcast the two-part documentary by Frédéric Mitterrand on the evening of May 6 and 7, Without resentment and without restraintproduced in 2015.