"What could be more unsettling than a man close to death whose profound arrogance drives him relentlessly to hang onto both his power and his writing, to the bitter end?" In the twilight of his second seven-year term, François Mitterrand was alone. Ravaged by illness and abandoned by a large majority of the Socialist Party, who would not forgive him for the disastrous outcome of the March 1993 elections, the Head of State was preparing to tackle a second round of cohabitation with the right wing. However a series of unexpected tragedies and revelations would arise, casting a shadow over the end of his reign…

Au crépuscule de son deuxième septennat, François Mitterrand est seul. Ravagé par la souffrance, lâché par une grande majorité de socialistes qui ne lui pardonnent pas la déroute électorale de mars 1993, le chef de l’État, se prépare à vivre une deuxième cohabitation avec la droite quand une série de tragédies et de révélations va venir obscurcir sa fin de règne…