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.

프랑스의 작은 시골에서 송로버섯 농장을 운영하는 라보리. 우연한 기회에 프랑스 대통령의 개인 셰프를 제의 받고 대통령 관저인 엘리제궁에 입성하게 된다. 격식을 차린 정통요리 위주였던 엘리제궁에서 대통령이 진짜로 원하는 음식은 프랑스의 따뜻한 홈쿠킹이라는 것을 알게 된다. 그녀가 대통령의 입맛을 사로잡을수록 수십 년간 엘리제궁의 음식을 전담했던 주방장의 원성은 높아만 지고, 주변의 불편한 시선으로 인해 라보리는 대통령 개인 셰프 자리에 회의를 느끼게 되는데…

"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…