Jean d'Ormesson

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.

フランスの片田舎で小さなレストランを営む女性料理人のオルタンス・ラボリ。ある時、政府に呼び出されて向かった先は、フランス大統領官邸“エリゼ宮”。過剰な装飾を排した素朴な料理を望む大統領が、著名なシェフの推薦を受け、彼女を正式なプライベート・シェフに任命したのだった。しかし官邸の厨房は男ばかりで、おまけに形式ばったしきたりや厳格な規律に縛られた堅苦しい職場だった。案の定、最初は同僚シェフたちの冷たい視線を受け続けるオルタンス。それでも彼女の料理に対する熱意と信念が揺らぐことはなく、いつしか周囲を自分のペースに巻き込んでいくのだったが…。

"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…