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Le jour où Ségolène a gagné
Film de société  |  14 MINUTES  |  2009

Le 6 mai 2007, Alice, militante socialiste, fait campagne pour la candidate Ségolène Royal. Rien ne se passe comme prévu. Et pourtant, la journée pourrait finir en victoire.

On May 6, 2007, Alice, a Socialist campaigner, fights for presidential candidate Ségolène Royal. The day doesn't go as planned. And yet, it may still end in victory.
Coming October 17
Le jour où Ségolène a gagnéLe jour où Ségolène a gagné
FILM DE SOCIÉTÉ  | 14 MINUTES | 2009

Le 6 mai 2007, Alice, militante socialiste, fait campagne pour la candidate Ségolène Royal. Rien ne se passe comme prévu. Et pourtant, la journée pourrait finir en victoire.

On May 6, 2007, Alice, a Socialist campaigner, fights for presidential candidate Ségolène Royal. The day doesn't go as planned. And yet, it may still end in victory.

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Le jour où Ségolène a gagné
Synopsis (fr)
Le 6 mai 2007, jour d’élection présidentielle, Alice, militante socialiste et mère débordée, fait tout son possible pour que Ségolène Royal l’emporte. Mais entre tensions familiales, débats houleux et un geste troublant de défiance de la part de son fils, sa journée bascule. Rien ne se passe comme prévu. Et pourtant, pour Alice, la journée pourrait bien se conclure sur une victoire.
Synopsis (en)
On May 6th, 2007 — presidential election day in France — Alice, a devoted socialist and overwhelmed mother, does everything she can to help Ségolène Royal win. But between family tensions, heated political arguments, and a troubling act of defiance from her son, the day begins to unravel. Nothing goes as planned. And yet for Alice, the day still might end in victory.
Director: Nicolas Pariser; Production: Daniel Sauvage; Screenplay: Nicolas Pariser; Image: Sébastien Buchman; Sound: Grégoire Bourdeil, Marie-Clothilde Chéry, Esther Frey; Editing: Guillaume Lauras; Soundtrack: Manuel Pestrine
Cast: Shanti Masud, Alain Libolt, Vincent Macaigne, Anny Romand, Sabrina Seyvecou