In France’s last presidential election, Marine Le Pen, a right-wing candidate, won over 30 per cent of the vote after an attempt to rebrand a party long associated with her controversial father, Jean-Marie Le Pen. See how three of her supporters faced similar obstacles in changing the narrative.
Direction
Mandray's patient observation lets supporters hang themselves.
Editing
Brutal juxtapositions between family denial and archival reality.
Director
Nora Mandray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after Macron's 2017 victory, the film predicted Le Pen's 2022 surge to 41%—her 'de-demonization' strategy nearly worked.
Mandray specifically sought subjects who'd 'left' the party to show how far-right ideology persists through denial, not membership cards. The 'former' militant is often the most telling.
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