"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…

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In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of young aristocrat Cosimo. In t...

Filmmaker Steve York explores the controversial 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, during which c...

Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the...

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In 1992 – 500 years after the beginning of Spain's global empire with the discovery of America – Spa...

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