The woman who terrified Europe's establishment finally gets the close-up she never wanted.
This film is an uncompromising portrait of a woman who no-one could have imagined in a position of power a few years ago . A look at the woman and, through her, at the party that continuously raises concerns and stirs up the media.
Direction
Blanchard's access feels almost illegal—how'd he get this close?
Editing
Chilling cuts between rally euphoria and backroom calculation.
Director
Emmanuel Blanchard
Noémie de Lattre
Narrator (voice)
Bruno Mégret
Self
Nicolas Bay
Self
Bruno Gollnisch
Self
Nathalie Saint-Cricq
Self
Lorrain de Saint Affrique
Self
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Self
David Rachline
Self
Aymeric Chauprade
Self
Paul-Marie Coûteaux
Self
Florian Philippot
Self
Robert Ménard
Self
Alexis Corbière
Self
Denis Tillinac
Self
Sophie Montel
Self
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Macron's 2017 victory, this captures the peak panic of a potential far-right presidency that mainstream media considered impossible until it nearly happened.
Director Blanchard spent years embedded with the FN; his previous work on French police brutality made Le Pen's team surprisingly trust his 'sympathetic' eye.
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