1 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:13,370 Is it working? Yes. 2 00:00:13,530 --> 00:00:18,450 Dear friends, I am standing in front of the Council of State, 3 00:00:18,610 --> 00:00:22,250 where, right now, President Dorendeu 4 00:00:22,410 --> 00:00:26,770 is consulting with an obscure committee of constitutional experts 5 00:00:26,930 --> 00:00:31,170 whose so-called wisdom is supposed to help her make informed choices. 6 00:00:31,330 --> 00:00:36,530 However, my friend, Philippe Rickwaert, had a great idea. 7 00:00:36,690 --> 00:00:38,570 -Philippe. -Hello, everyone. 8 00:00:38,730 --> 00:00:41,770 In a democracy, only the people's wisdom counts. 9 00:00:41,930 --> 00:00:44,570 Over the past 15 days, across the country, 10 00:00:44,730 --> 00:00:49,450 thousands have written down and submitted their demands and hopes. 11 00:00:49,610 --> 00:00:52,210 A plethora of inventive and considered suggestions. 12 00:00:52,370 --> 00:00:56,010 However, the President has not deigned to consult them. 13 00:00:56,170 --> 00:01:02,130 So, we have come to deliver a modest selection 14 00:01:02,290 --> 00:01:08,410 of this germinating collective intelligence. 15 00:01:08,570 --> 00:01:10,810 Finally, I come to our work's conclusion. 16 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:13,690 We recommend strengthening Parliament's powers 17 00:01:13,850 --> 00:01:18,650 with more control of its agenda and improving its representation 18 00:01:18,810 --> 00:01:20,530 through better proportionality. 19 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:23,210 Sorry, why such half-hearted measures? 20 00:01:24,570 --> 00:01:26,610 I clearly said two things. 21 00:01:34,570 --> 00:01:38,210 Constituent! Constituent! 22 00:01:38,370 --> 00:01:42,290 A SIXTH REPUBLIC NOW! REVOLUTION 23 00:01:42,450 --> 00:01:48,130 Stand up, people! We are The People Stand Up! 24 00:01:48,290 --> 00:01:52,370 Stand up, people! We are The People Stand Up! 25 00:02:07,050 --> 00:02:08,450 First point: 26 00:02:08,610 --> 00:02:13,290 all of politics depends on one vote, the presidential election. 27 00:02:13,450 --> 00:02:17,450 The result: for five years, the people's opinion no longer exists. 28 00:02:17,610 --> 00:02:21,410 Second point: personalities come before policies. 29 00:02:21,570 --> 00:02:24,770 The result: we debate people instead of their ideas. 30 00:02:24,930 --> 00:02:27,890 You know that these two statements have one cause: 31 00:02:28,050 --> 00:02:31,170 the plebiscitary designation of the President of the Republic. 32 00:02:31,330 --> 00:02:32,850 It perverts it all. 33 00:02:33,010 --> 00:02:37,090 You recommend removing the President's election by direct universal suffrage? 34 00:02:37,250 --> 00:02:38,570 Yes. 35 00:02:40,010 --> 00:02:42,530 We only need to modify Article 6. 36 00:02:42,690 --> 00:02:45,450 The people's sovereignty cannot be incarnated by one person. 37 00:02:45,610 --> 00:02:47,290 It is the basis of representative democracy. 38 00:02:47,450 --> 00:02:48,770 Madam President, 39 00:02:48,930 --> 00:02:52,050 before submitting your reform for a public referendum, 40 00:02:52,210 --> 00:02:54,130 you need a parliamentary vote. 41 00:02:55,330 --> 00:02:58,570 I doubt you would achieve that with such a radical change. 42 00:02:58,730 --> 00:03:00,210 Why not? 43 00:03:00,370 --> 00:03:03,410 Parliament's legitimacy would be re-established. 44 00:03:03,570 --> 00:03:05,970 And with that, the primacy of collective deliberation. 45 00:03:06,130 --> 00:03:09,730 Even if you manage it, the people are attached to this election. 46 00:03:09,890 --> 00:03:13,810 That is a political argument, not a legal one. 47 00:03:13,970 --> 00:03:16,730 -Legally, am I in the wrong? -No, but... 48 00:03:16,890 --> 00:03:21,450 Fine. Then do your jobs as jurists and I'll handle the politics. 49 00:03:38,810 --> 00:03:41,290 Why bother with Parliament? 50 00:03:41,450 --> 00:03:45,650 Article 11, boom! A direct referendum. Like de Gaulle! 51 00:03:45,810 --> 00:03:48,810 We can't give MPs more power to just go over their heads. 52 00:03:48,970 --> 00:03:52,850 -The Yes is a minority in Parliament. -No. It depends on the Gaullists. 53 00:03:53,010 --> 00:03:56,730 Damn it! 30 years in politics to end up depending on Boudard. 54 00:03:58,010 --> 00:03:59,330 No. 55 00:04:00,610 --> 00:04:04,810 As Minister of the Interior and as a Gaullist supporter, no. 56 00:04:04,970 --> 00:04:06,810 It's a return to the Fifth Republic. 57 00:04:06,970 --> 00:04:09,730 It is the same text as in 1958, not a Sixth Republic. 58 00:04:09,890 --> 00:04:13,570 Election by universal suffrage is at the heart of the General's vision. 59 00:04:13,730 --> 00:04:15,930 If the '62 changes are altered, it falls apart. 60 00:04:17,570 --> 00:04:21,370 With regret, I must present you with my resignation. 61 00:04:22,730 --> 00:04:25,730 Do you know what is expected of me or any other president? 62 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:29,410 To fix it all. Every five years, a mad hope is born. 63 00:04:29,570 --> 00:04:33,010 What quickly follows is immense deception. 64 00:04:33,170 --> 00:04:36,970 With inevitable disappointment after inevitable disappointment, 65 00:04:37,130 --> 00:04:41,210 we turn to fortuitous profiles which are increasingly against the system. 66 00:04:41,370 --> 00:04:43,770 Counter powers are challenged. 67 00:04:43,930 --> 00:04:48,690 The entire democratic system will end up as the victim of presidentialism. 68 00:04:50,970 --> 00:04:52,690 You know, 69 00:04:52,850 --> 00:04:56,050 I grew up with a photo of my 20-year-old parents in 1968. 70 00:04:57,170 --> 00:04:59,330 On the Champs-Elysées, on 30 May, 71 00:04:59,490 --> 00:05:01,450 at the demonstration in support of the General. 72 00:05:01,610 --> 00:05:04,050 They are beside my grandfather, Louis Boudard, 73 00:05:04,210 --> 00:05:07,450 one of the first companions in London in 1940. 74 00:05:07,610 --> 00:05:12,690 They are pushing a baby carriage. You can't see me, but I am in it. 75 00:05:12,850 --> 00:05:14,690 Only a couple of weeks old. 76 00:05:16,290 --> 00:05:21,210 Gaullism is permanent. A heritage. My role is to perpetuate it. 77 00:05:22,210 --> 00:05:23,570 -No. -Sorry? 78 00:05:25,170 --> 00:05:28,930 Your role is to serve your country. 79 00:05:29,090 --> 00:05:33,050 I didn't have a photograph, but I have the memory of a feeling. 80 00:05:33,210 --> 00:05:36,490 The feeling of rain dripping off my father's hair 81 00:05:36,650 --> 00:05:39,970 as he carried me on his shoulders, Place de la Bastille, 82 00:05:40,130 --> 00:05:42,050 on 10 May 1981. 83 00:05:43,370 --> 00:05:45,410 I was five. It is my dearest memory. 84 00:05:46,730 --> 00:05:49,850 Did I betray it by naming Gaullist and centrist ministers? 85 00:05:50,930 --> 00:05:53,130 No. 86 00:05:53,290 --> 00:05:55,930 Did I betray it by leaving the SP to found A United France? 87 00:05:56,090 --> 00:05:57,770 I betrayed nothing. 88 00:05:57,930 --> 00:05:59,970 I acted responsibly 89 00:06:00,130 --> 00:06:03,530 in the interests of France. That is what I am asking you to do. 90 00:06:07,290 --> 00:06:09,370 Madam President. 91 00:06:17,490 --> 00:06:20,930 -We have Boudard! -Don't play with me like that. 92 00:06:21,090 --> 00:06:22,410 I had to drive a hard bargain. 93 00:06:22,570 --> 00:06:24,450 We can't change de Gaulle's constitution without them. 94 00:06:24,610 --> 00:06:25,930 A hard bargain? 95 00:06:26,090 --> 00:06:28,290 I could offer either the party leadership, 96 00:06:28,450 --> 00:06:30,730 neutralizing Thorigny until the congress, 97 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:33,610 or the position of the New Formula President, 98 00:06:33,770 --> 00:06:36,130 in the situation that Yes wins. 99 00:06:36,290 --> 00:06:40,010 Someone has to and I don't want it. The real power is the Prime Minister. 100 00:06:40,170 --> 00:06:43,090 Yeah, but still! What did he choose? 101 00:06:43,250 --> 00:06:47,490 Both. The party until the legislative elections, then the presidency. 102 00:06:47,650 --> 00:06:49,650 -That's too much! -It is worth it. 103 00:06:50,930 --> 00:06:54,130 With Boudard, we win the parliamentary vote. 104 00:06:54,290 --> 00:06:57,250 The referendum happens, but the strategies of the others 105 00:06:57,410 --> 00:07:00,490 for the presidency are wiped out. I'll take them by surprise. 106 00:07:00,650 --> 00:07:05,210 -Boudard doesn't control all Gaullists. -Some of the old hands will defect. 107 00:07:05,370 --> 00:07:07,170 He estimates between 15 and 20. 108 00:07:07,330 --> 00:07:10,530 That's credible. The remaining 70 councillors are obedient. 109 00:07:10,690 --> 00:07:12,890 They'll follow their captain. 110 00:07:13,050 --> 00:07:16,050 Thorigny is sorted. He just left the government. 111 00:07:16,210 --> 00:07:19,650 If he votes No, he'll be Brutus. He isn't brave. He'll vote Yes. 112 00:07:19,810 --> 00:07:22,210 -How many? -75, minimum. 113 00:07:22,370 --> 00:07:25,250 Kalhenberg is easy. He is for the Yes and he'll vote Yes. 114 00:07:25,410 --> 00:07:28,410 The SP couldn't even dream of it. They have no candidates. 115 00:07:28,570 --> 00:07:31,370 -37 councillors. -The same goes for the Greens. 116 00:07:31,530 --> 00:07:33,490 Fourteen. 117 00:07:33,650 --> 00:07:37,530 Chalon's vote won't be a surprise. 118 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:39,130 The worst is for Vidal. 119 00:07:40,330 --> 00:07:41,850 It will be awful for him. 120 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:44,890 They'll be split in half. 121 00:07:48,490 --> 00:07:53,010 -Masterful. It sounds like Rickwaert. -A more refined version! 122 00:07:55,210 --> 00:07:57,970 ...which is why I believe it is time 123 00:07:58,130 --> 00:08:03,330 to modify Article 6 of the Constitution to return to its original wording, 124 00:08:03,490 --> 00:08:07,050 by removing the direct universal suffrage for the election 125 00:08:07,210 --> 00:08:09,690 of the President of the Republic. 126 00:08:09,850 --> 00:08:11,330 Like our neighbours, 127 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:14,730 we will return to a parliamentary regime which... 128 00:08:14,890 --> 00:08:16,650 -Damn it! -...better represents 129 00:08:16,810 --> 00:08:21,450 all opinions and a more deliberative way of functioning. 130 00:08:21,610 --> 00:08:25,370 In no way is this a return to the powerlessness 131 00:08:25,530 --> 00:08:28,450 and instability of the Fourth Republic. 132 00:08:28,610 --> 00:08:31,010 Our majoritarian voting system 133 00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:34,250 and the rationalization mechanisms that govern it... 134 00:09:09,250 --> 00:09:12,690 -Why are you in the dark? -I'm thinking. 135 00:09:13,890 --> 00:09:15,930 Obscurity helps me to see clearly. 136 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:21,690 You know, all my political life 137 00:09:21,850 --> 00:09:26,810 I have followed a fundamental rule: first, put the work in. 138 00:09:26,970 --> 00:09:31,090 Construct a thought. Elaborate a concept. 139 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:37,010 All my books and speeches were written by me, alone at my desk. 140 00:09:37,170 --> 00:09:39,890 Then it's time for tactics. 141 00:09:40,050 --> 00:09:46,130 She is doing everything backwards. She disgusts me. 142 00:09:46,290 --> 00:09:47,610 I hate her. 143 00:09:47,770 --> 00:09:49,890 This referendum is a curve in the road. 144 00:09:50,050 --> 00:09:54,250 If you go straight on, you'll crash like Ayrton Senna. Take the turn. 145 00:09:54,410 --> 00:09:57,810 -No. An opponent opposes. -Not when his ideas are stolen. 146 00:09:57,970 --> 00:10:00,410 Who has always denounced the presidential monarchy? 147 00:10:00,570 --> 00:10:04,170 You! She is rallying to you. She is starting the Sixth Republic. 148 00:10:04,330 --> 00:10:07,290 That is for the people to decide. Does she have a Constituent? No. 149 00:10:07,450 --> 00:10:11,290 First, answer me this: Yes or No to dethroning the monarch? 150 00:10:11,450 --> 00:10:14,210 But the interesting thing about a referendum 151 00:10:14,370 --> 00:10:16,810 isn't the question, it is why it is being asked. 152 00:10:16,970 --> 00:10:19,610 Dorendeu knows I can beat her in an election. 153 00:10:19,770 --> 00:10:22,650 -So she removes that election. -You can't say that. 154 00:10:22,810 --> 00:10:25,690 You can't say: ”Down with monarchy, unless it's me.” 155 00:10:25,850 --> 00:10:27,810 You'd be ridiculed. 156 00:10:27,970 --> 00:10:30,850 Show that you're the new Mitterrand. Unite the left! 157 00:10:31,010 --> 00:10:33,970 The ”left” are a bunch of zombies. 158 00:10:34,130 --> 00:10:36,970 Uniting the left would get us where? 35% all in. 159 00:10:37,130 --> 00:10:40,370 To win, we need to ride this populist wave. 160 00:10:40,530 --> 00:10:42,770 I need that presidential election. 161 00:10:42,930 --> 00:10:47,010 You can win in legislative elections. Unity is dynamic! 162 00:10:47,170 --> 00:10:50,130 The People Stand Up could clear the way for a new Popular Front! 163 00:10:50,290 --> 00:10:52,690 You hold on to this union idea through habit. 164 00:10:52,850 --> 00:10:56,370 It's like wearing an old sweater. But that sweater is dirty. 165 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:59,490 You need to throw it away and put on a clean one. 166 00:10:59,650 --> 00:11:01,250 If she wants a fight, she'll get one. 167 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:05,370 I will lead the No campaign. I'll post a tweet right now. 168 00:11:06,850 --> 00:11:10,610 One tweet won't solve anything. You need some form of democracy. 169 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:13,370 The Sixth Republic is in the DNA of The People Stand Up. 170 00:11:13,530 --> 00:11:15,890 I am The People Stand Up. 171 00:11:20,170 --> 00:11:23,250 MICHEL VIDAL TWEETED: IT'S A NO FROM ME. 172 00:11:23,410 --> 00:11:24,810 Shit, I don't believe it! 173 00:11:26,170 --> 00:11:30,010 He doesn't even consult us anymore. We're still MPs! 174 00:11:30,170 --> 00:11:33,250 Trump Syndrome: he's freewheeling. Words all in capitals. 175 00:11:33,410 --> 00:11:36,090 Respond. We can't let this go. 176 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:38,890 If we hit him head on, it could backfire on us. 177 00:11:39,050 --> 00:11:40,970 ”Hysteric Dupraz, Crazy Dupraz.” 178 00:11:41,130 --> 00:11:43,090 Then we ask for a vote within the party. 179 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:46,890 As long as we aren't divisive. The timing must be impeccable. 180 00:11:47,050 --> 00:11:49,250 Haste is the worst of all tactics. 181 00:11:50,690 --> 00:11:53,050 216 comments already. 182 00:11:54,050 --> 00:11:57,170 See! ”It's a no from me, it's a no from me.” 183 00:11:57,330 --> 00:11:59,690 IT'S A YES FROM ME. 184 00:11:59,850 --> 00:12:03,290 It's catching on. It's magical. Absolutely amazing. 185 00:12:03,450 --> 00:12:08,210 Do you remember when we had to send press releases to the chump at the... 186 00:12:08,370 --> 00:12:10,690 PHIL RICKWAERT: IT'S A YES FROM ME. 187 00:12:10,850 --> 00:12:15,290 Looks like you wrote Yes instead of No. Correct it before it goes viral. 188 00:12:16,450 --> 00:12:17,930 It isn't a mistake. 189 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:26,570 Did you just do that right in front of me? 190 00:12:27,970 --> 00:12:29,290 Like you did. 191 00:12:32,690 --> 00:12:34,370 Traitor. 192 00:12:34,530 --> 00:12:37,610 -Politics. If you had said Yes... -You'd have said No. 193 00:12:37,770 --> 00:12:41,090 A traitor betrays first, then justifies themselves. 194 00:12:41,250 --> 00:12:45,010 No. If you had said Yes, I would have followed you 195 00:12:45,170 --> 00:12:46,490 and even admired you. 196 00:12:47,890 --> 00:12:51,730 Sacrificing ambition for your program which you have always defended: 197 00:12:51,890 --> 00:12:56,490 the end of presidential monarchy. I would have seen a man of the State. 198 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:58,890 A man capable of leading my country. 199 00:12:59,050 --> 00:13:02,050 -Get out. -With pleasure. 200 00:13:11,770 --> 00:13:14,690 CRISIS AT THE PEOPLE STAND UP IN ONE MINUTE 201 00:13:14,850 --> 00:13:17,090 Mr. Vidal. Please! 202 00:13:17,250 --> 00:13:19,610 You're loving this. You're ecstatic! 203 00:13:19,770 --> 00:13:21,810 I'll bring you back down with a bump. 204 00:13:21,970 --> 00:13:23,890 There is no divergence within The People Stand Up! 205 00:13:24,050 --> 00:13:25,730 None at all! Capisce? 206 00:13:25,890 --> 00:13:28,850 We are in discussions. There is no divergence in the party. 207 00:13:29,010 --> 00:13:31,090 -No divergence? -No. 208 00:13:31,250 --> 00:13:33,810 -Ms. Dupraz? Ms. Dupraz... -Don't put words in my mouth. 209 00:13:33,970 --> 00:13:36,410 It isn't Yes or No. I have the right to remain neutral. 210 00:13:36,570 --> 00:13:40,810 I said, no comment. So, please... I can't say anything. 211 00:13:40,970 --> 00:13:42,290 -Hello. -Is it Yes or No? 212 00:13:42,450 --> 00:13:44,170 He says No, I say Yes. 213 00:13:44,330 --> 00:13:46,650 So the question is where does the party stand? 214 00:13:46,810 --> 00:13:50,570 I only know one way of deciding: an internal vote. Thanks, bye. 215 00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:53,370 There is no divergence within The People Stand Up! None at all! 216 00:13:53,530 --> 00:13:55,130 Capisce? 217 00:13:55,290 --> 00:13:57,090 ”None at all! Capisce?” 218 00:14:01,170 --> 00:14:03,570 I want social media to ruin his life. 219 00:14:03,730 --> 00:14:06,450 Sell-out, traitor, Dorendist, ex-con! 220 00:14:06,610 --> 00:14:08,450 So he won't even switch on his phone. 221 00:14:08,610 --> 00:14:11,410 These are stormy waters, but the sea will calm eventually. 222 00:14:11,570 --> 00:14:15,490 No, it will only get choppier. If Parliament votes Yes, 223 00:14:15,650 --> 00:14:17,410 there will be the referendum campaign. 224 00:14:17,570 --> 00:14:21,690 A six-month ordeal of seeing our divisions grow. 225 00:14:21,850 --> 00:14:25,610 Everyone will be told to choose, as the question is for the French people. 226 00:14:25,770 --> 00:14:29,890 -Impossible to avoid an internal vote. -And you'll win, it's your movement. 227 00:14:30,050 --> 00:14:31,850 I'm just as vulnerable as the next guy. 228 00:14:32,010 --> 00:14:35,130 If you give a man a gun, he'll shoot the boss. 229 00:14:35,290 --> 00:14:36,690 You need an alternative. 230 00:14:36,850 --> 00:14:39,770 Dupraz won't join Philippe. They hate each other. 231 00:14:39,930 --> 00:14:42,130 They hate me the most. 232 00:14:43,690 --> 00:14:46,970 Once they form a coalition, a deep chasm will open up. 233 00:14:47,130 --> 00:14:51,890 A catalyst for separation. The party is done for. Then, there's the referendum. 234 00:14:52,050 --> 00:14:54,650 If Yes wins: ”End of the line, Mr. Vidal.” 235 00:14:55,730 --> 00:14:58,170 So it's all doom and gloom? 236 00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:00,970 I am a veteran soldier. I know how we die. 237 00:15:02,530 --> 00:15:05,610 First, you get injured. You try to stem the flow. 238 00:15:05,770 --> 00:15:09,610 But everyone can see that you're still haemorrhaging blood. 239 00:15:09,770 --> 00:15:12,650 In primitive societies and in the animal kingdom, 240 00:15:12,810 --> 00:15:17,290 the injured is isolated somewhere calm for it to die in peace. 241 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:22,930 In politics, it is different. The knives come out and they attack. 242 00:15:24,570 --> 00:15:28,090 They have probably been against me since the beginning. 243 00:15:29,090 --> 00:15:32,170 -Rickwaert and Dupraz? -Rickwaert and Dorendeu. 244 00:15:38,210 --> 00:15:40,210 Generally, when you sell yourself out, 245 00:15:40,370 --> 00:15:43,290 you get something in return. Isn't that right, son? 246 00:15:44,370 --> 00:15:47,290 The negotiations must have been harsh. 247 00:15:47,450 --> 00:15:51,410 Tell us what your socialist friend gave you in return. 248 00:15:51,570 --> 00:15:55,370 Nothing, Father. Times have changed. That's all. 249 00:15:55,530 --> 00:15:56,970 So the General is in the past? 250 00:15:57,130 --> 00:15:59,010 -I didn't say that. -No, he didn't. 251 00:15:59,170 --> 00:16:03,690 Maybe not, but he's letting it happen. The socialist is burying the Fifth 252 00:16:03,850 --> 00:16:05,250 and he's letting her do it. 253 00:16:05,410 --> 00:16:06,930 -Now, listen... -That's enough! 254 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:09,330 Enough! 255 00:16:11,690 --> 00:16:14,210 I'm meeting with the Chief of Police. 256 00:16:14,370 --> 00:16:17,970 -I'll call a car for you. -We'll take the bus. 257 00:16:21,250 --> 00:16:24,330 So you'll send a taxi? You have the address. 258 00:16:24,490 --> 00:16:27,330 Yes, that's right, thanks. See you tomorrow. 259 00:16:27,490 --> 00:16:30,410 The morning slot on France Inter. It's early, but good. 260 00:16:30,570 --> 00:16:32,770 -I'll support your... -Just one second. 261 00:16:32,930 --> 00:16:38,650 Yes? Sorry, I just said yes to your colleagues at Inter. 262 00:16:38,810 --> 00:16:40,810 Thursday? Thursday is fine. 263 00:16:40,970 --> 00:16:42,290 Thanks, bye. 264 00:16:42,450 --> 00:16:46,530 -Sorry. You wanted to see me? -Yes, I'll support an internal vote. 265 00:16:46,690 --> 00:16:49,050 Sure. Minimum effort. 266 00:16:49,210 --> 00:16:52,210 Aurore, what hurts Vidal isn't the vote, it is the Yes. 267 00:16:52,370 --> 00:16:55,610 The increasing list of rebels. The growing mistrust. 268 00:16:55,770 --> 00:16:57,930 What are you doing? Aren't you for the Yes? 269 00:16:58,090 --> 00:17:00,410 Any normal left-wing voter is for the Yes, 270 00:17:00,570 --> 00:17:02,690 but I won't roll over for Dorendeu. 271 00:17:02,850 --> 00:17:06,050 You'll have to elaborate on that. 272 00:17:06,210 --> 00:17:09,010 Dorendeu proposes a referendum to make life hard for Vidal, 273 00:17:09,170 --> 00:17:11,650 while you're setting fire to the party. 274 00:17:11,810 --> 00:17:15,370 -You think Amélie and I planned this? -I know you, Philippe. 275 00:17:15,530 --> 00:17:17,410 Vidal's exit means no left-wing opposition. 276 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:21,330 Dorendeu will be Chalon's only opposition. Bis repetita. 277 00:17:21,490 --> 00:17:26,530 Killing Michel is not the goal. It's the only way to kill Amélie. 278 00:17:26,690 --> 00:17:28,090 He's her useful idiot. 279 00:17:28,250 --> 00:17:32,010 Michel can't unite the left, and what's more, he doesn't want to. 280 00:17:32,170 --> 00:17:35,330 Without a left-wing union, he will always be limited: 281 00:17:35,490 --> 00:17:37,050 never far away, but never ahead. 282 00:17:37,210 --> 00:17:41,650 That's when it's Amélie versus Chalon. There's your bis repetita. 283 00:17:52,090 --> 00:17:53,410 Thank you. 284 00:17:53,570 --> 00:17:55,890 Ladies and gentlemen, I have the honour of opening... 285 00:17:56,050 --> 00:17:58,610 With these words, I have the... No. Ladies and gentlemen, 286 00:17:58,770 --> 00:18:01,170 I have the honor of opening the general discussion 287 00:18:01,330 --> 00:18:05,330 on the bill for a referendum on the President's election... 288 00:18:13,370 --> 00:18:14,690 Come in, Martin. 289 00:18:15,730 --> 00:18:18,890 It is good. A very good investiture speech. 290 00:18:19,050 --> 00:18:23,290 I have a few suggestions to make it more dynamic, 291 00:18:23,450 --> 00:18:25,730 only if you agree, of course. 292 00:18:25,890 --> 00:18:28,690 Speechwriters, technical advisers, 293 00:18:28,850 --> 00:18:31,490 they all had their say. It's difficult to digest. 294 00:18:31,650 --> 00:18:34,210 Everything starts to take shape now. 295 00:18:34,370 --> 00:18:37,650 I'm not sure about developing the monocephalous system and its limits. 296 00:18:37,810 --> 00:18:41,650 Boudard wasn't comfortable with the quote from Achille Peretti. 297 00:18:41,810 --> 00:18:45,610 -He read my speech? -We have to work closely with him. 298 00:18:45,770 --> 00:18:51,490 Of course. You're right. Anything to put me out of my misery. 299 00:18:55,290 --> 00:18:59,050 Martin, I have been in your shoes. 300 00:18:59,210 --> 00:19:01,850 Not at the Assembly, but at the SP's National Council. 301 00:19:02,010 --> 00:19:06,850 Same story: an unelected technocrat taking center stage for the first time 302 00:19:07,010 --> 00:19:09,410 to give their first speech as First Secretary. 303 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:12,690 I was petrified. 304 00:19:12,850 --> 00:19:16,130 Someone gave me some great advice: 305 00:19:16,290 --> 00:19:20,730 when you stand at the lectern, slowly count the rows. 306 00:19:20,890 --> 00:19:25,050 One, two, three, four, five, up to ten. 307 00:19:25,210 --> 00:19:27,530 Focus on one face. 308 00:19:27,690 --> 00:19:31,450 For one minute, only that face counts. You only address that face. 309 00:19:31,610 --> 00:19:35,210 You need one minute to get used to the clamor, the shouting, 310 00:19:35,370 --> 00:19:39,290 the lectern banging, and the dizziness you'll feel. 311 00:19:40,330 --> 00:19:44,090 One minute and you will eloquently give your speech, 312 00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:48,690 because it is a good speech that presents a good and great reform. 313 00:19:51,770 --> 00:19:55,370 Martin, you were a senior civil servant. 314 00:19:56,370 --> 00:19:59,330 Now, you are the Prime Minister of France. 315 00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:02,650 You can fearlessly look them right in the eyes. 316 00:20:14,690 --> 00:20:18,250 IT'S A YES FROM ME 317 00:20:19,650 --> 00:20:23,610 Champagne! If Madam agrees. 318 00:20:23,770 --> 00:20:27,610 I never thought I'd be celebrating a tweet from Dupraz. 319 00:20:27,770 --> 00:20:30,610 We're celebrating you. 320 00:20:30,770 --> 00:20:35,250 To you, the only one who opened the door to me when no one else would. 321 00:20:35,410 --> 00:20:37,210 You sound like Georges Brassens. 322 00:20:38,410 --> 00:20:41,570 So, what now? Tell me what happens next. 323 00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:47,210 Scenario one: the Yes wins. No presidential election. 324 00:20:47,370 --> 00:20:49,810 It all happens in the Assembly. We need coalitions, 325 00:20:49,970 --> 00:20:51,490 which favour a left-wing union. 326 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:54,410 My policy since forever. I'm in a good position. 327 00:20:54,570 --> 00:20:56,810 And if it's a No? 328 00:20:56,970 --> 00:21:00,370 We missed out on the opportunity to end the presidential monarchy. 329 00:21:00,530 --> 00:21:04,210 All because of Vidal. So we fight for left-wing primaries. 330 00:21:04,370 --> 00:21:06,050 Since Michel screwed up, 331 00:21:06,210 --> 00:21:10,490 I'll pound him into the ground: autocrat, egotistical, an eternal loser. 332 00:21:12,530 --> 00:21:13,850 Tell me something. 333 00:21:14,930 --> 00:21:17,210 Why do you think I helped you? 334 00:21:19,810 --> 00:21:23,650 You like me, I'm a good guy, we agree politically, the left is alive... 335 00:21:23,810 --> 00:21:25,170 I'm scared, Philippe. 336 00:21:26,530 --> 00:21:30,330 Every day, I wake up wondering how long before misfortune catches us. 337 00:21:31,530 --> 00:21:34,330 Ten years? Three years? Two months? 338 00:21:35,570 --> 00:21:37,370 Away from politics, I was fine. 339 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:41,650 But from the nonsense I used to spout, there was one truth: 340 00:21:41,810 --> 00:21:45,130 ”If you don't take care of politics, it'll take care of you.” 341 00:21:45,290 --> 00:21:49,050 Amélie isn't a shield, she's an accelerator for populism. 342 00:21:50,490 --> 00:21:54,610 When you turned up at my door, I thought you might make it better. 343 00:21:54,770 --> 00:21:58,890 You come from the bottom, you've been bruised, you aren't a traitor, 344 00:21:59,050 --> 00:22:02,370 and you understood that the left must unite to avoid the worst. 345 00:22:03,410 --> 00:22:05,450 The problem is that 346 00:22:05,610 --> 00:22:09,250 where you want to go, you need to be a solid block of concrete. 347 00:22:09,410 --> 00:22:12,570 -But you cave at the slightest nudge. -Me, cave in? 348 00:22:12,730 --> 00:22:15,370 -Vidal won you over! -He never won me over. 349 00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:18,610 I joined his party to screw him over and I'm doing it. 350 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:22,890 -Damn it! Am I on trial? -Vidal won you because he impressed you. 351 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:25,050 You thought: ”He's strong, cultivated, 352 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:28,730 a great orator, and my talent is as a kingmaker.” 353 00:22:31,410 --> 00:22:36,010 You're hiding, Black Baron. Comfortable, but not courageous. 354 00:22:36,170 --> 00:22:39,170 Do you think the Prole bowed down to the great thinker? 355 00:22:39,330 --> 00:22:42,730 He talks about the people, but he reeks of class contempt! 356 00:22:43,850 --> 00:22:46,570 -I acted tactically. -”Tactically?” 357 00:22:46,730 --> 00:22:48,970 He wanted a Black Baron, I let him believe it! 358 00:22:49,130 --> 00:22:52,610 -Now, I'm screwing him over! -I think you're rewriting history. 359 00:22:52,770 --> 00:22:56,010 He had you. If he had said ”Yes”, you would've followed. 360 00:22:56,170 --> 00:22:57,610 Believe whatever you want. 361 00:22:59,730 --> 00:23:04,130 You respect him too much. To beat him, you have to hate him. 362 00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:08,730 Hatred is intimate and personal. 363 00:23:09,770 --> 00:23:12,570 I can't hate just anybody. It is an honor. 364 00:23:16,330 --> 00:23:19,730 Amélie... She is the one I hate. 365 00:23:27,330 --> 00:23:31,210 I will conclude with the words of Léon Gambetta: 366 00:23:31,370 --> 00:23:36,490 ”As republicans, France is here in this auditorium 367 00:23:36,650 --> 00:23:40,650 and not elsewhere!” Here, as since 1789, 368 00:23:40,810 --> 00:23:44,850 the people's representatives know that they are our nation! 369 00:23:45,010 --> 00:23:47,210 Ladies and gentlemen, 370 00:23:47,370 --> 00:23:50,930 the time has come to revive our republican history. 371 00:23:51,090 --> 00:23:54,650 The time has come to say: Yes! 372 00:24:04,770 --> 00:24:07,330 That felt really good. 373 00:24:07,490 --> 00:24:09,890 -It was great. -A speech to remember. 374 00:24:10,050 --> 00:24:13,730 It's like you're floating. As if you're in a daze. It is like a drug. 375 00:24:13,890 --> 00:24:15,970 It felt so good! 376 00:24:16,130 --> 00:24:19,410 Honestly, I felt so good up there! 377 00:24:23,650 --> 00:24:25,530 Let's drink to Martin. 378 00:24:25,690 --> 00:24:28,610 -It is only 3:30! -Have water then. It doesn't matter. 379 00:24:28,770 --> 00:24:31,730 -It does matter. Water is unlucky! -Just a drop. 380 00:24:31,890 --> 00:24:34,850 Here. Madam President, would you like one? 381 00:24:35,010 --> 00:24:37,010 -Yes, please. -Would de Gaulle... 382 00:24:37,170 --> 00:24:39,970 Malika, how do you define a ”drop”? 383 00:24:40,130 --> 00:24:43,050 You know, just a drop, a little bit... 384 00:24:43,210 --> 00:24:45,530 I'll tell you what I think. Half a century on, 385 00:24:45,690 --> 00:24:48,850 we should be able to take stock. 386 00:24:49,010 --> 00:24:52,010 -Shit! -Take stock of General de Gaulle? 387 00:24:52,170 --> 00:24:54,890 France's interests are all that counts. 388 00:25:01,530 --> 00:25:02,850 Madam President. 389 00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:08,490 -My dear Amélie. -Take stock of General de Gaulle? 390 00:25:08,650 --> 00:25:10,970 How do we pull that back, huh? How? 391 00:25:11,130 --> 00:25:15,170 How? I'm watching the news channels. The speech is inexistent! 392 00:25:15,330 --> 00:25:16,970 It's just you taking stock! 393 00:25:17,130 --> 00:25:18,610 What got into you? 394 00:25:20,890 --> 00:25:23,290 ...we should be able to take stock. 395 00:25:23,450 --> 00:25:28,450 -Take stock of General de Gaulle? -France's interests are all that counts. 396 00:25:36,290 --> 00:25:37,610 -Yes? -François. 397 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:41,650 Backpedaling, denial, whatever you say, I agree. 398 00:25:41,810 --> 00:25:44,290 The priority is not losing any of your friend's votes 399 00:25:44,450 --> 00:25:45,770 for some misplaced words. 400 00:25:47,090 --> 00:25:48,730 I'd just like to know one thing. 401 00:25:48,890 --> 00:25:50,770 Are you taking stock of his 18 June speech? 402 00:25:50,930 --> 00:25:53,850 Or is the fact it was recorded in London debatable? 403 00:25:54,010 --> 00:25:57,250 No. I completely understand your reaction. 404 00:25:57,410 --> 00:25:58,730 I quit. 405 00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:01,890 And count on a No from the Gaullists as if we were one! 406 00:26:02,970 --> 00:26:06,010 François, you can't... You have an agreement with the President. 407 00:26:06,170 --> 00:26:08,290 I had one! What did you think? 408 00:26:08,450 --> 00:26:13,570 That you could tempt me with a starring role in a Hollywood film? Ciao! 409 00:26:17,250 --> 00:26:22,770 -That feels good. A weight has lifted. -But... you just resigned. 410 00:26:22,930 --> 00:26:26,450 The only thing that counts in a referendum is the question. 411 00:26:26,610 --> 00:26:30,770 Yes or No to removing direct universal suffrage for the President's election? 412 00:26:30,930 --> 00:26:34,530 I am against it. Against taking stock of de Gaulle. 413 00:26:34,690 --> 00:26:38,370 Against weakening State authority. Against government instability, 414 00:26:38,530 --> 00:26:41,490 and I'll open my mouth and say what I think. 415 00:26:41,650 --> 00:26:44,970 -The New Formula President... -Do I look like René Coty? 416 00:26:46,450 --> 00:26:48,450 Summon all the Gaullist parliamentarians. 417 00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:51,810 Emergency meeting. ”It's a No from us!” 418 00:26:51,970 --> 00:26:53,290 You don't declare war without... 419 00:26:53,450 --> 00:26:56,970 We have 80 councillors and a huge dick. Mine. 420 00:26:57,130 --> 00:26:59,370 That is enough to go to war with. 421 00:27:02,370 --> 00:27:04,370 FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED 422 00:27:06,690 --> 00:27:08,810 The Senate is fine. The Assembly is an issue. 423 00:27:08,970 --> 00:27:11,610 Only 22 Gaullists are with us. 424 00:27:11,770 --> 00:27:13,810 It could be worse. 425 00:27:13,970 --> 00:27:16,970 We depend on the votes from The People Stand Up. 426 00:27:17,130 --> 00:27:19,250 What could be worse? 427 00:27:19,410 --> 00:27:22,290 Aurore, Borde is blundering, Boudard is turning, 428 00:27:22,450 --> 00:27:26,210 the majority is in jeopardy and Vidal has called an emergency meeting. 429 00:27:26,370 --> 00:27:28,810 He doesn't call unexpected meetings. 430 00:27:28,970 --> 00:27:31,770 He'll try to screw us over. He'll target you. 431 00:27:31,930 --> 00:27:34,290 He'll try to force the No to avoid the referendum. 432 00:27:34,450 --> 00:27:38,210 But if our 14 pro-Yes councillors stand strong, the referendum happens. 433 00:27:38,370 --> 00:27:40,650 What if he imposes a parliamentary group vote? 434 00:27:40,810 --> 00:27:43,330 He has the majority and you'll have to vote No, 435 00:27:43,490 --> 00:27:46,250 -or he'll exclude you. -No, he'd look like an autocrat. 436 00:27:46,410 --> 00:27:48,410 He doesn't care! It is vital for him 437 00:27:48,570 --> 00:27:51,330 to save his skin by avoiding the referendum. 438 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:01,330 -Did Aurore call you? -We'll fight till the end and vote Yes. 439 00:28:01,490 --> 00:28:04,370 You, Zineb, Aurore, fine, but the others? 440 00:28:04,530 --> 00:28:06,770 The threat of exclusion could change minds. 441 00:28:06,930 --> 00:28:10,130 Six The People Stand Up councillors are enough to get the vote through. 442 00:28:10,290 --> 00:28:12,210 I hope so, or it will be carnage. 443 00:28:12,370 --> 00:28:13,690 He will end us. 444 00:28:13,850 --> 00:28:16,810 Stick to the script: no group vote as that is a trap. 445 00:28:16,970 --> 00:28:20,730 We want a vote for all members and we might have a chance. 446 00:28:20,890 --> 00:28:23,370 We're creating a precedent by democratizing the movement. 447 00:28:23,530 --> 00:28:25,730 Speeches, debates, all of it. 448 00:28:25,890 --> 00:28:28,610 -Enough for a real movement. -Okay. 449 00:28:30,130 --> 00:28:32,450 -Are you coming? -We mustn't go together. 450 00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:37,490 It won't avoid fraction accusations, but it won't add fuel to the fire. 451 00:28:44,850 --> 00:28:48,410 It's up to you. It is what it is. My face speaks volumes. 452 00:28:48,570 --> 00:28:50,530 When I'm in bad shape, it shows. 453 00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:54,770 Sleepless nights take their toll with age. 454 00:28:56,330 --> 00:29:00,010 None of us are sleeping well, right? 455 00:29:02,770 --> 00:29:09,050 I won't beat around the bush: it is my fault. 456 00:29:09,210 --> 00:29:11,530 I was traumatized. 457 00:29:13,010 --> 00:29:17,970 In the Socialist Party, the internal vote was sacred. 458 00:29:18,130 --> 00:29:21,730 We decided our differences by voting. 459 00:29:21,890 --> 00:29:25,770 We wrote texts that nobody read. 460 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:28,570 Then we'd vote on the basis 461 00:29:28,730 --> 00:29:33,130 of an electoral body rigged through fakery. 462 00:29:33,290 --> 00:29:37,170 As if that wasn't sufficient to satisfy the leadership, 463 00:29:37,330 --> 00:29:39,810 they'd quietly fiddle the scores. 464 00:29:39,970 --> 00:29:42,610 Please, Aurore, I'm nearly finished. 465 00:29:44,610 --> 00:29:49,770 It was a parody of democracy and I always said to myself 466 00:29:49,930 --> 00:29:53,890 that I would never reproduce such mockery here. 467 00:29:55,410 --> 00:29:59,090 I am like everyone else, I'm learning as I go. 468 00:30:01,850 --> 00:30:07,490 I am proposing, for the first time within The People Stand Up, 469 00:30:07,650 --> 00:30:13,090 to organize a debate and a vote. 470 00:30:14,530 --> 00:30:16,130 A parliamentary group vote? 471 00:30:16,290 --> 00:30:22,490 No, the 623,774 members of The People Stand Up. 472 00:30:22,650 --> 00:30:24,050 Everyone has their say. 473 00:30:24,210 --> 00:30:27,050 And you need a vote, even if you aren't elected. 474 00:30:28,050 --> 00:30:30,250 I have one condition: 475 00:30:30,410 --> 00:30:33,890 this vote guarantees our unity. 476 00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:37,770 If Yes wins, all the councillors, including myself, 477 00:30:37,930 --> 00:30:42,770 must conform. If No wins, the councillors will vote No. 478 00:30:42,930 --> 00:30:44,570 Aurore? You wanted to speak? 479 00:30:45,650 --> 00:30:48,690 No. It's going in the right direction. 480 00:30:49,690 --> 00:30:51,610 We'd have to look at the methods. 481 00:30:51,770 --> 00:30:56,650 A digital vote with operational control 482 00:30:56,810 --> 00:30:59,850 for Yes and No representatives with gender parity. 483 00:31:00,010 --> 00:31:01,530 And for the texts? 484 00:31:01,690 --> 00:31:04,130 That leads to a race for signatures 485 00:31:04,290 --> 00:31:07,330 and exposing our divisions to the public. 486 00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:09,650 I have another idea. 487 00:31:10,650 --> 00:31:16,730 On 26 November 1900, at Lille racetrack, 488 00:31:16,890 --> 00:31:19,890 8,000 working-class activists 489 00:31:20,050 --> 00:31:25,890 attended a debate that brought greatness to the young socialist movement. 490 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:30,850 Over three hours, Jean Jaurès and Jules Guesde 491 00:31:31,010 --> 00:31:34,490 expressed their arguments with the greatest of respect. 492 00:31:34,650 --> 00:31:38,690 Despite their disagreements being much more important than our own: 493 00:31:38,850 --> 00:31:41,970 the Dreyfus Affair, participation in bourgeois governments. 494 00:31:42,130 --> 00:31:46,370 This great controversy illuminated like none other 495 00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:51,450 the ideological debate between reform and revolution. 496 00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:57,170 Dear friends, we are a popular education movement. 497 00:31:57,330 --> 00:32:00,370 We are the new permanent school 498 00:32:00,530 --> 00:32:04,050 of fight and thought. We are The People Stand Up! 499 00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:14,890 Philippe, will you do me the honour 500 00:32:15,050 --> 00:32:18,730 of accepting this fraternal discussion? 501 00:32:24,890 --> 00:32:28,690 Here's my bibliography, so we'll be on equal terms. 502 00:32:28,850 --> 00:32:31,930 It goes from Robespierre's speech on the Constitution 503 00:32:32,090 --> 00:32:36,570 to Mendes's Modern French Republic. And a bit of Plato as a reminder. 504 00:32:36,730 --> 00:32:39,770 I propose a national TV debate. We each pick a journalist. 505 00:32:39,930 --> 00:32:43,210 No, we'll do it between us, live on social media. 506 00:32:43,370 --> 00:32:46,490 -No need for journalists. -There has to be a ringmaster. 507 00:32:46,650 --> 00:32:49,330 Or ”mistress”: Véronique is neutral. 508 00:32:51,330 --> 00:32:54,370 Ten minutes for introductions, then we debate, okay? 509 00:32:54,530 --> 00:32:57,330 I told you what I wanted: Jaurès and Guesde. 510 00:32:57,490 --> 00:32:59,890 Two one-hour speeches, one after the other. 511 00:33:00,050 --> 00:33:04,650 No punchlines, but solid reasoning, and logical links. 512 00:33:04,810 --> 00:33:08,130 We're going to take the time to present our ideas. 513 00:33:08,290 --> 00:33:10,890 That's how you and I do politics, right? 514 00:33:11,050 --> 00:33:12,930 Which venue? Which city? 515 00:33:13,090 --> 00:33:16,570 Why not out in the open? A stage surrounded by people. 516 00:33:16,730 --> 00:33:18,650 It would be a lovely public event. 517 00:33:18,810 --> 00:33:24,010 It would hark back to the times when officials would duel with swords. 518 00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:26,930 The last duel dates from 1967: 519 00:33:27,090 --> 00:33:30,690 Gaston Defferre beautifully struck René Ribière twice, 520 00:33:30,850 --> 00:33:32,850 but he wasn't allowed to finish him off. 521 00:33:33,010 --> 00:33:38,090 I will not have such scruples, Philippe. I will kill you. 522 00:34:13,090 --> 00:34:16,690 -What does your friend do? -Finance. He was my partner in college. 523 00:34:16,850 --> 00:34:20,410 When we finished our thesis, an investment fund made us an offer. 524 00:34:20,570 --> 00:34:22,930 He accepted, and I didn't. 525 00:34:28,010 --> 00:34:32,450 -I've taken a huge risk. -Don't worry. No one knows you're here. 526 00:34:32,610 --> 00:34:34,930 The referendum is getting away from me. 527 00:34:35,090 --> 00:34:37,730 I'm not sure it will even get through Parliament. 528 00:34:38,850 --> 00:34:41,730 Worst of all, the result depends on Rickwaert. 529 00:34:44,850 --> 00:34:46,850 But you believe in this reform. 530 00:34:47,010 --> 00:34:50,730 You did what you thought was right and you should be proud of that. 531 00:34:52,010 --> 00:34:57,450 On the evening of our first kiss, a desire came to me in the night. 532 00:34:57,610 --> 00:34:58,930 What was it? 533 00:34:59,090 --> 00:35:02,530 To stop everything. It was just a fantasy, of course. 534 00:35:02,690 --> 00:35:05,290 A dream you cherish to keep it at a distance. 535 00:35:05,450 --> 00:35:08,570 Now, it isn't a dream, but a real-life nightmare. 536 00:35:08,730 --> 00:35:11,090 If my reform fails, I can't see how my term ends 537 00:35:11,250 --> 00:35:13,730 other than handling day-to-day business. 538 00:35:13,890 --> 00:35:18,250 I have been pretentious, presumptuous and arrogant. 539 00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:21,730 I wanted to flip the table, but I was on top of it. 540 00:35:36,490 --> 00:35:37,970 Okay, I found the quote: 541 00:35:38,130 --> 00:35:42,530 ”Bonapartism and Republicanism are contradictory and incompatible.” 542 00:35:42,690 --> 00:35:46,090 -Do we add it to the conclusion? -It's the wrong angle. 543 00:35:46,250 --> 00:35:50,210 This is shit. Who cares about that? And that is gibberish. 544 00:35:50,370 --> 00:35:52,450 Start from scratch. Is there blank paper? 545 00:35:52,610 --> 00:35:55,730 Philippe, changing at the last minute never works. 546 00:35:55,890 --> 00:35:58,490 You have your three points: the left, the Republic and... 547 00:35:58,650 --> 00:36:01,210 Who is going to get their ass kicked by Vidal? You? 548 00:36:01,370 --> 00:36:04,130 Is it you or you? No, it's me! 549 00:36:04,290 --> 00:36:07,970 If I say it's shit, it's shit. A pile of shit! 550 00:36:09,130 --> 00:36:12,330 Let's take a break. Could you give us a minute? 551 00:36:22,210 --> 00:36:24,810 You have worked hard and can't take a step back. 552 00:36:24,970 --> 00:36:26,890 Your speech is good, but you need sleep. 553 00:36:27,050 --> 00:36:29,930 -I'm in serious pain. -Show me. 554 00:36:31,810 --> 00:36:33,690 It is swollen. Since when? 555 00:36:33,850 --> 00:36:35,570 -A few days. -It's psychosomatic. 556 00:36:35,730 --> 00:36:38,090 What does it matter? I'm dying on my feet, dammit! 557 00:36:38,250 --> 00:36:40,970 -Have you taken something? -A lot of codeine. 558 00:36:41,130 --> 00:36:44,250 -Maybe Dupraz should step in. -Two hours before? Ridiculous. 559 00:36:44,410 --> 00:36:48,330 That jackass will crucify me! No referendum and I'll be done for! 560 00:36:48,490 --> 00:36:50,170 Cancel this ambush. 561 00:36:51,290 --> 00:36:54,650 -What? If I fail, I'm dead! -You only have one shot. 562 00:36:54,810 --> 00:36:57,690 If you miss, you're done. If you don't go, you're already dead. 563 00:36:57,850 --> 00:37:00,250 So aim for the head and take him out. 564 00:37:01,250 --> 00:37:03,450 -Who are you calling? -Who'd you think? 565 00:37:05,210 --> 00:37:07,610 When the Great Controversy begins in two hours, 566 00:37:07,770 --> 00:37:09,930 social media will be on fire. 567 00:37:10,090 --> 00:37:15,290 Vidal's No's against Rickwaert's Yes supporters. 568 00:37:15,450 --> 00:37:19,930 This online battle could influence the undecided. Our target. 569 00:37:20,090 --> 00:37:25,010 The problem is Vidal's army: a giant wave ready to submerge to us. 570 00:37:25,170 --> 00:37:28,610 We're not targeting the number of accounts, but their quality. 571 00:37:28,770 --> 00:37:31,690 A few accounts that are very active. 572 00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:34,250 Three teams will be working in parallel. 573 00:37:34,410 --> 00:37:36,010 First, the fact-checkers. 574 00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:38,770 Whenever Vidal cites a statistic or refers to a fact, 575 00:37:38,930 --> 00:37:43,090 we look for errors, estimations, anything that casts doubt on his speech. 576 00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:46,370 We are the LOLers. We create LOLs, jokes, 577 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:48,890 funny hashtags and amusing GIFs. 578 00:37:49,050 --> 00:37:52,410 We mock Vidal and showcase Rickwaert's punchlines. 579 00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:54,370 I'll be leading the prosecutors. 580 00:37:54,530 --> 00:37:56,130 We track misdemeanors and offensive language. 581 00:37:56,290 --> 00:37:58,970 And their arguments? Who is responsible? 582 00:38:00,450 --> 00:38:02,850 They convince the convinced. 583 00:38:03,010 --> 00:38:06,570 We target emotions: laughter, fear, hope, anger. 584 00:38:06,730 --> 00:38:10,090 Our satellite accounts will react to that. 585 00:38:11,410 --> 00:38:13,890 -The bots. -Non-human accounts? 586 00:38:14,050 --> 00:38:15,370 You mean, fake accounts. 587 00:38:16,370 --> 00:38:19,530 -It seems risky. -They're unverified accounts. 588 00:38:19,690 --> 00:38:21,210 It's like paying for rally supporters. 589 00:38:21,370 --> 00:38:24,450 Or banking on booing rather than applause? 590 00:38:25,450 --> 00:38:29,050 Cognitive psychology shows that negative emotions are more mobilizing. 591 00:38:29,210 --> 00:38:32,410 I may seem outdated, but is that the best you can do? 592 00:38:33,930 --> 00:38:37,170 Madam President, we could be like Hillary Clinton: 593 00:38:37,330 --> 00:38:40,930 clean hands on social media, but beaten from the start. 594 00:38:43,410 --> 00:38:46,610 You were right to come. You have a large abscess. 595 00:38:46,770 --> 00:38:49,250 I'll drain it and it'll feel better. 596 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:51,890 Nurse, could you prepare the anesthetic, please? 597 00:38:52,050 --> 00:38:55,930 -Sorry, did you say anesthetic? -Yes, it's better. 598 00:38:56,090 --> 00:38:57,410 Does it affect speech? 599 00:38:57,570 --> 00:39:01,210 Ma'am, trust me, I am very experienced. Let me work, or you can leave. 600 00:39:01,370 --> 00:39:04,250 She is working too. Answer her question. 601 00:39:05,730 --> 00:39:08,050 Your tongue will be swollen for a few hours. 602 00:39:08,210 --> 00:39:11,410 -It'll be ok tonight. -No. He has a debate in 90 minutes. 603 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:14,410 Fine, but I can't leave him like this. 604 00:39:15,610 --> 00:39:17,650 Can you do it without anesthetic? 605 00:39:23,250 --> 00:39:27,090 Don't move... Breathe. 606 00:39:28,570 --> 00:39:33,610 Stay still. It's nearly done. Stay still. 607 00:39:34,610 --> 00:39:36,010 There. 608 00:39:43,610 --> 00:39:46,650 They will each present their opinion over one hour. 609 00:39:46,810 --> 00:39:50,410 Since he won the coin toss, Michel Vidal will begin. 610 00:40:04,130 --> 00:40:06,330 Friends, please. No interruptions, 611 00:40:06,490 --> 00:40:09,610 no booing and no shouting from the audience. 612 00:40:09,770 --> 00:40:13,370 Don't let our opponents see a boxing bout. 613 00:40:13,530 --> 00:40:17,410 Let's show them a great democratic moment! 614 00:40:17,570 --> 00:40:19,570 They won't cut off 615 00:40:19,730 --> 00:40:22,930 or interrupt each other, as stated in the rules. 616 00:40:28,810 --> 00:40:34,130 Thank you. I will now hand over to Michel Vidal! 617 00:40:51,010 --> 00:40:53,370 Michel! Michel! 618 00:41:02,810 --> 00:41:05,370 What is a Constitution? 619 00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:11,650 It is the contract that connects us. It connects the people with itself. 620 00:41:11,810 --> 00:41:17,050 It is part of our great political homeland. 621 00:41:17,210 --> 00:41:22,130 I say political homeland because our homeland is republican 622 00:41:22,290 --> 00:41:27,450 and the Republic is not a neutral regime, it is politically engaged. 623 00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:29,250 Don't forget that in France, 624 00:41:29,410 --> 00:41:33,330 the Republic founds the nation and not the reverse. 625 00:41:42,610 --> 00:41:46,930 Five republics. All daughters of tragic events. 626 00:41:47,090 --> 00:41:52,250 All resulting from severe convulsions: revolutions. 627 00:41:52,410 --> 00:41:57,650 1789, 1848, and the wars. 628 00:41:57,810 --> 00:42:02,050 Do you believe that we can survive after a rural exodus as before? 629 00:42:02,210 --> 00:42:05,650 After waves of migration as before? 630 00:42:05,810 --> 00:42:12,530 After Europe, climate change, the new status of women as before? 631 00:42:12,690 --> 00:42:14,970 No! We can't! 632 00:42:15,130 --> 00:42:21,970 The people of 1958 is in the past. Constituent! 633 00:42:22,130 --> 00:42:24,530 Constituent! 634 00:42:29,930 --> 00:42:35,370 Friends, no. Please. 635 00:42:37,090 --> 00:42:40,690 Please! Please! No! 636 00:42:40,850 --> 00:42:43,690 -Thank you. -Friends, don't chant my name. 637 00:42:43,850 --> 00:42:47,530 -It isn't like you and it isn't like me. -Resistance! 638 00:42:54,970 --> 00:42:57,250 Friends, please! 639 00:42:57,410 --> 00:42:59,970 Changing Article 6 of the Constitution, fine. 640 00:43:00,130 --> 00:43:02,050 But what about Article 16... 641 00:43:02,210 --> 00:43:05,050 -Your LOLers are effective. -The digital team is overloaded. 642 00:43:05,210 --> 00:43:06,570 I can see that. 643 00:43:06,730 --> 00:43:10,330 And Article 35 allows the government to send... 644 00:43:10,490 --> 00:43:13,210 Can we get a feed without all this nonsense? It's distracting. 645 00:43:13,370 --> 00:43:17,210 ...a state of siege for 12 days. Then what? 646 00:43:17,370 --> 00:43:20,930 So many anti-Republican warts that won't be touched? 647 00:43:26,250 --> 00:43:30,530 The Constituent: reinstate the people 648 00:43:30,690 --> 00:43:33,410 as its only sovereign. If not, who will it be? 649 00:43:33,570 --> 00:43:38,490 A king, a god, the invisible hand of the market? 650 00:43:38,650 --> 00:43:41,450 Friends, let's be serious. 651 00:43:41,610 --> 00:43:47,290 Say No to this smokescreen and Yes to the essential. Constituent! 652 00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:51,490 Constituent! 653 00:44:02,290 --> 00:44:04,810 -Thank you. -Michel! Michel! 654 00:44:07,370 --> 00:44:12,010 Thank you. Now, let's hear from Philippe Rickwaert! 655 00:44:22,690 --> 00:44:25,690 -Get lost, Black Baron! -No, please! 656 00:44:27,930 --> 00:44:31,010 Please. I'm asking for silence and respect. 657 00:44:31,170 --> 00:44:35,010 Watch out, the Black Baron is about! 658 00:44:58,810 --> 00:45:03,370 One, two, three, 659 00:45:03,530 --> 00:45:07,250 four, five, six, 660 00:45:07,410 --> 00:45:13,570 seven, eight, nine, ten. 661 00:45:23,650 --> 00:45:25,770 I understand your disappointment... 662 00:45:27,250 --> 00:45:30,730 ...but don't take it out on me. I promise to be quick. 663 00:45:32,130 --> 00:45:35,450 He's good, isn't he? You calmly listen to him, 664 00:45:35,610 --> 00:45:40,250 and you travel through time. You learn. It is almost intoxicating. 665 00:45:41,610 --> 00:45:43,170 I'm more primitive. 666 00:45:44,170 --> 00:45:46,810 But I'm still educated. 667 00:45:46,970 --> 00:45:50,410 My father, a communist dock worker, and my mother, the school cleaner, 668 00:45:50,570 --> 00:45:52,770 taught me the most important thing: courage. 669 00:45:52,930 --> 00:45:54,570 Bravo! 670 00:45:57,130 --> 00:46:00,850 And you need that to defend your principles against Michel. 671 00:46:01,010 --> 00:46:02,330 Would you have done it? 672 00:46:04,210 --> 00:46:05,930 Maybe I shouldn't have. 673 00:46:09,130 --> 00:46:11,770 Courage is standing by your ideas. 674 00:46:11,930 --> 00:46:16,290 So that's what I'll do. Michel confirmed my idea. 675 00:46:17,570 --> 00:46:19,490 Because my mother, 676 00:46:19,650 --> 00:46:21,810 who knew La Fontaine better than Saint-Just, 677 00:46:21,970 --> 00:46:25,170 taught me the moral of a fable whose title I forget. 678 00:46:26,170 --> 00:46:28,090 ”One in the hand... two in the bush.” 679 00:46:28,250 --> 00:46:31,050 -The Fisherman and the Little Fish. -Michel, please. 680 00:46:31,210 --> 00:46:35,530 It's fine. He's helping me, Véro... Thank you, Michel. 681 00:46:35,690 --> 00:46:37,010 You're welcome. 682 00:46:37,170 --> 00:46:38,970 The Fisherman and the Little Fish. 683 00:46:39,130 --> 00:46:42,970 ”A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” Which is worth more? 684 00:46:43,130 --> 00:46:45,410 A Constituent, someday, maybe? 685 00:46:45,570 --> 00:46:47,370 Or a referendum here and now 686 00:46:47,530 --> 00:46:51,010 which removes the President's election through universal suffrage? 687 00:46:52,210 --> 00:46:56,570 By voting Yes today, we end presidential monarchy. 688 00:46:56,730 --> 00:47:00,290 But if you vote No, we are no closer to a Constituent. 689 00:47:00,450 --> 00:47:03,810 To get a Constituent, Michel must become president. 690 00:47:03,970 --> 00:47:08,010 I hope he does, for us and for France! 691 00:47:09,210 --> 00:47:12,010 But he has already failed twice! 692 00:47:12,170 --> 00:47:15,770 There is another popular saying: ”Bad luck comes in threes.” 693 00:47:17,690 --> 00:47:22,170 Enough. Please be respectful. Enough, please! 694 00:47:22,330 --> 00:47:24,130 Stop booing, please! 695 00:47:24,290 --> 00:47:27,410 Listen, here, there is no blasphemy! 696 00:47:28,650 --> 00:47:32,850 Friends, if Michel becomes President, whether we vote Yes or No now, 697 00:47:33,010 --> 00:47:34,770 there will be a Constituent. 698 00:47:34,930 --> 00:47:38,010 If he doesn't, you should have voted Yes, 699 00:47:38,170 --> 00:47:42,010 and only Yes, to put an end to the presidential monarchy! 700 00:47:46,330 --> 00:47:50,770 Where I come from, which is from the people, 701 00:47:50,930 --> 00:47:52,970 if you get the chance, you grab it! 702 00:47:53,130 --> 00:47:56,090 Because we need it! We don't throw it away, 703 00:47:56,250 --> 00:48:01,410 because maybe, in an ideal world, there might be something better! 704 00:48:01,570 --> 00:48:03,610 If people on strike thought like that, 705 00:48:03,770 --> 00:48:07,050 they'd refuse everything and gain nothing. 706 00:48:07,210 --> 00:48:09,290 Right? 707 00:48:09,450 --> 00:48:12,530 Let's do a little test. Who has gone on strike here? 708 00:48:17,850 --> 00:48:20,290 I'm talking about real strikes. 709 00:48:20,450 --> 00:48:25,170 Where you stop working without pay, not student strikes. 710 00:48:33,330 --> 00:48:35,890 You see? It's a different matter. 711 00:48:37,410 --> 00:48:40,330 When you fight and you can't feed your own children, 712 00:48:40,490 --> 00:48:43,410 you take the pay rise! You take the victory! 713 00:48:43,570 --> 00:48:46,650 You don't scorn it! It is the victory that brings change, 714 00:48:46,810 --> 00:48:51,770 that builds to the next victory, it is the victory that educates the fight! 715 00:49:06,090 --> 00:49:11,290 Friends, democracy is being smothered by the presidential monarchy. 716 00:49:11,450 --> 00:49:14,210 -The country hasn't voted in years. -That's my dad. 717 00:49:14,370 --> 00:49:16,850 The worst temptations exist and we should say No? 718 00:49:17,010 --> 00:49:19,890 I took my mother's name, but I'm a Rickwaert. 719 00:49:20,050 --> 00:49:22,930 We never thought we could succeed in ending the monarchy. 720 00:49:23,090 --> 00:49:26,210 I have hated him, but I love him too. 721 00:49:26,370 --> 00:49:29,250 And why? Should we have refused the Estates General 722 00:49:29,410 --> 00:49:31,050 because Louis XVI summoned them? 723 00:49:31,210 --> 00:49:34,970 The Grenelle agreements because de Gaulle was forced to do so? 724 00:49:35,130 --> 00:49:38,570 These will be my last words. 725 00:49:38,730 --> 00:49:43,010 The presidential monarchy is a danger to democracy and to us. 726 00:49:43,170 --> 00:49:47,170 It forces left-wing candidates to strip themselves of their own values: 727 00:49:47,330 --> 00:49:50,970 the primacy of the collective, the primacy of the social project. 728 00:49:51,130 --> 00:49:55,290 By looking for the figure of a ”leader”, as brilliant as he is... 729 00:49:57,970 --> 00:50:01,530 ...The People Stand Up could corrupt itself to the point of betrayal 730 00:50:01,690 --> 00:50:04,410 and end by disappearing into history's trash cans! 731 00:50:07,410 --> 00:50:13,370 For all of these reasons, for us, it must be Yes! 732 00:50:13,530 --> 00:50:17,690 -I must respond! I must! -No, Michel. You agreed to the rules. 733 00:50:23,290 --> 00:50:26,970 -This is dishonourable! A disgrace! -It's over, Michel. 734 00:51:03,410 --> 00:51:05,850 Okay, thanks. 735 00:51:06,010 --> 00:51:09,450 57.13 for No, 42.87 for Yes. 736 00:51:09,610 --> 00:51:11,410 It's a good result. 737 00:51:11,570 --> 00:51:15,650 What? I was destined for 15. This isn't defeat, it's a step to victory! 738 00:51:15,810 --> 00:51:18,090 -Definitely. -With six councilors, 739 00:51:18,250 --> 00:51:21,290 we can turn the Assembly on its head. There are four of you here! 740 00:51:21,450 --> 00:51:23,450 Philippe, we're voting No. We agreed. 741 00:51:23,610 --> 00:51:27,010 -The people voted. That's democracy. -Damn it! 742 00:51:30,290 --> 00:51:33,330 Just say you've never seen such a chaotic meeting. 743 00:51:33,490 --> 00:51:35,330 Too many things at the same time, 744 00:51:35,490 --> 00:51:39,530 it all happened so quickly that you made a mistake. 745 00:51:39,690 --> 00:51:42,450 It happens. The voters will understand. 746 00:51:42,610 --> 00:51:45,650 -Mistakes are only human. -All three of us? 747 00:51:45,810 --> 00:51:47,490 We'll change the outcome! 748 00:51:47,650 --> 00:51:50,370 Your lies might work on the voters, but not the media. 749 00:51:50,530 --> 00:51:53,290 Who says we have to respond to the media? 750 00:51:53,450 --> 00:51:58,050 Tomorrow, it will all be forgotten. The fight for No begins. 751 00:51:58,210 --> 00:52:02,610 What counts in a referendum isn't the result, it's the campaign. 752 00:52:03,730 --> 00:52:06,090 Imagine six months fighting alongside Boudard, 753 00:52:06,250 --> 00:52:07,810 battling together for the No. 754 00:52:07,970 --> 00:52:12,930 Maybe even on the same stage! No, friends, your little mistake 755 00:52:13,090 --> 00:52:16,770 will be a step in the march towards a right-wing union. 756 00:52:16,930 --> 00:52:21,530 Voting has closed. For: 286, 757 00:52:21,690 --> 00:52:24,370 against: 280. 758 00:52:24,530 --> 00:52:28,770 The constitutional bill for the revision of Article 6 is passed! 759 00:52:30,130 --> 00:52:33,890 -How is that possible? -Who cares? We got our referendum. 760 00:52:35,370 --> 00:52:39,410 Mr. Borde! I have a question for you. Is it an unexpected result? 761 00:52:39,570 --> 00:52:43,090 Above all, I see the result of the work of conviction and pedagogy 762 00:52:43,250 --> 00:52:44,970 that we have conducted with parliamentarians. 763 00:52:45,130 --> 00:52:48,330 And in six months, the French people will cast their votes 764 00:52:48,490 --> 00:52:52,970 on removing direct universal suffrage for the President's election. 765 00:53:02,690 --> 00:53:04,850 Saved at the last minute by a Chalon scheme, 766 00:53:05,010 --> 00:53:07,530 we didn't win anything except the right to fight. 767 00:53:07,690 --> 00:53:10,970 The only thing that counts in a referendum is the result. 768 00:53:11,130 --> 00:53:14,050 First, we need to mobilize the Yes camp. 769 00:53:14,210 --> 00:53:17,170 We haven't heard from the Greens, the SP, or Thorigny. 770 00:53:17,330 --> 00:53:19,530 He needs to come out of hiding and get involved. 771 00:53:19,690 --> 00:53:23,650 Predictions give 64% to a Yes from The People Stand Up supporters. 772 00:53:23,810 --> 00:53:27,970 That's where the votes come from. Rickwaert is the key. 773 00:53:28,130 --> 00:53:30,050 You can't pick your allies. 774 00:53:42,810 --> 00:53:44,530 We'll let her stew for a bit. 775 00:53:48,970 --> 00:53:50,330 Stop it! 776 00:53:56,450 --> 00:53:59,690 I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER 777 00:54:05,090 --> 00:54:07,210 Subtitle translation by Elaine Scott