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Marseille de père en fils

Jean-Louis Comolli
1989 France 82 min French
DR

A ruthless battle in the arena of Marseilles public life: the father, Gaston Deferre, has died and the sons are tearing each other apart over his succession, unless an outsider… A journalist who knows the city and holds it dear follows this war of succession. Who will triumph? The enigmatic Robert Vigouroux, expelled from the Socialist Party for playing an over-personal game, Michel Pezet, leader of the local Socialist Party, but who dared to confront Gaston Deferre just before he died? Or Jean-Claude Gaudin, the populist right- wing leader, who had nearly defeated Deferre in 1983?

Authors :
Anne Baudry, Michel Samson
Production :
Archipel 33, INA, France 3 La Sept
Photography :
Philippe Lubliner, Jacques Pamart, Jean-François Priester, Agathe Nivoix, Gérald Dumour
Sound :
Laurent Lafrant, André Siekierski
Editing :
Anne Baudry, Catherine Paoli
Print contact :
Archipel 33, archipel.info@orange.fr

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