This screening will be introduced by Isabelle vanderschelden, senior lecturer in French at Manchester Metropolitan University.A very different exploration of the last days of a legend in this fascinating, loosely-veiled drama about French president François Mitterrand (Bouquet). The director claims he set out “to render an idea of Mitterrand rather than Mitterrand himself.” Spanning from Vichy to the 14-year tenure as socialist president of France, Bouquet brings the weight of so much history (personal and political) to the screen.